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Hard Keys Etude - Triste in A by Behn Gillece
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After doing the walk down voicing exercise comparing Green Dolphin Street and Triste, I thought it would be good to do a line study. This Triste etude is in A, a typically under played key in jazz. Most of it is built from only a few…
10 years ago - 0 comments
Volume Two - The Complete Guide To Improvisation now available
ed saindon
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Volume Two of the Complete Guide To Improvisation is now available via Amazon, www:edsaindon.com and the Berklee College of Music bookstore. Chapters: Upper Structure Triads, Four Note Groupings, Motivic Playing, Cyclic Patterns and Major…
10 years ago - 0 comments
For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69!
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For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69 OBO! Brand New Mallets! anecdote@twc.com http://www.vicfirth.com/product/buynow/product.php?button=M38
10 years ago - 0 comments
Berklee Mallet Lab working on Giant Steps with Four Note Groupings
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Nice mallet lab this morning working with the students on Coltrane's Giant Steps using Four Note Groupings. We played through several pages from Volume 2 of The Complete Guide to Improvisation which is now available via www:edsaindon.com.…
10 years ago - 0 comments
leedy vibes
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Hi all. This is my first post. My friend Paul and I just came across and bought some nice vintage pieces. Pauly got a 40's? Deegan marimba and I got some '39? Leedy vibes. A friend of ours found someone with these vintage pieces, who…
10 years ago - 2 comments
Kirtan, Bhajan, yoga, vibes and George Harrison
Randy_Sutin
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So, for those of you who don't know me that well, it will suffice to say that after years of pretty much only playing jazz on the vibes (occassionally working with some R&B or latin groups)I began to play music in and around the yoga…
10 years ago - 17 comments
TOTM - You Don't Know What Love Is - Techniques for a Solo Version Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
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Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers - Frank Valente and Paul Sottnik
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My Buddy, Paul Sottnik, and I are working on a piano vibes duet project. This video Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers by Steve Kuhn was recorded on site at SUNY Fredonia.
10 years ago - 2 comments
Damper felt adjustment
Glenn410
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I play the marimba, and am new to the vibraphone. I noticed that, over time, a depression develops on the vibraphone damper where the underside of the bars make contact with the felt. Is this a bad thing, and is it necessary to readjust…
10 years ago - 3 comments
Harmony Cloud
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At PASIC 2015, Stephon Harris and Clif Swiggert had a great session re: music theory and sort of demonstrating their new software called Harmony Cloud. I am looking forward to it, and yes I know it's not ready yet for release, but does…
10 years ago - 1 comments
Friedman Etude No. 9 (Vibraphone Technique Dampening and Pedaling) perf. Ian Meiman
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10 years ago - 1 comments
Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets - $69
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For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69! Brand New Mallets! contact me at anecdote@twc.com http://www.vicfirth.com/product/buynow/product.php?button=M38 Thanks!
10 years ago - 0 comments
Miss Magnolia has arrived on the scene...
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SO... I finally have my Imperial here and in one piece. It is a somewhat rare model 55C... yes, those are black bars. I think she is likely either a 1941 or 1942 vintage. She needs some work, but she is doing well. I drove down Magnolia…
10 years ago - 5 comments
2012 Delaware - Friedman and Matt Parrish
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10 years ago - 6 comments
4,042 Miles - David Friedman and Tony Miceli
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Two great things have happened. I've started a record label with Anthony Smith called Hit the Bar Records. And our first cd is out. Click on the image and check it out. Click here to listen and buy the cd.
10 years ago - 1 comments
Walk Down Voicing Exercise by Behn Gillece
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10 years ago - 0 comments
Mallets (In search Of)?
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Hi! I'm looking for suggestions regarding vibe mallets. Been using older sets of Malletech DF16's and DF12's for quite a while. I've recently tried Vic Firth M38's (Saindon), Innovative Percussion DF30's and DF30L's and Balter TM 46R's.…
10 years ago - 12 comments
Welcome Pasic People!
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Welcome Pasic people. Thanks for coming to my presentation at this years Pasic meeting! You will have to be a member (membership is free, a subscription is fee based) to see all these links. If you have ANY problems joining the site…
10 years ago - 0 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Open Closed Voicings
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10 years ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Green Dolphin Street - Articulation Etude No. 1 by Behn Gillece
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Here's an etude that focuses on articulation. Notice the accents and staccato marks on the upbeats of 1 on each system? Try using a dead stroke to achieve the articulation on those lines. Articulation is the toughest thing on the vibes, so…
10 years ago - 0 comments
Playing In a Trio (1 hour Workshop)
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10 years ago - 1 comments
My Foolish Heart (Solo Vibraphone Perfomance)
vale5431
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https://soundcloud.com/frankvalente/my-foolish-heart-solo-vibraphone9-2… The link above is of a recording of the first ballad I learned to play in the Solo Vibraphone Style. I'm quite new to the solo vibraphone style and took many ideas…
10 years ago - 4 comments
TOTM - You Don't Know What Love Is - Simple Dampening Etude No. 1 by Behn Gillece
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10 years ago - 4 comments
TOTM - Green Dolphin Street - Major-Minor Interchange Etude by Behn Gillece
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Here's some context from the major-minor interchange lessons. Notice how the lines from the lesson can apply to different chord qualities, such as major and minor, rather than just over the dominant chords. Enjoy!
10 years ago - 0 comments
MY PASIC WORKSHOP - GIVE ME YOUR FAVORITE VIBE CD (ONLY ONE PER PERSON) :-)
tonymiceli
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My pick is Gary Burton - Alone at Last What's yours? Only one and you can of course talk about why. For me the solo playing on this CD is unmatched to this day. I heard it when I was young and it blew me away. Your turn.
10 years ago - 6 comments
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