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| This month, we have no less than seven players proposing lessons, on our current TOTM 'Alone together', and on other subjects! Now don’t miss the announcement of the first vibe congres: we’re trying to come together and give a better…
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Here is the final independence exercise. This one deals with a little mallet independence of breaking up and arpeggiating chords. This one is great for learning how the break up voicings and use guide tone leading lines in between melody…
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This tune, titled "The Summer Knows" was written by Michele LeGrande and featured in the movie "Summer of '42" way back in the 1970s. It's a lovely ballad with a beautiful melody and a great lyric. A pdf of the arrangement is attached.
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If you're interested let me know. The price will be incredible. Only inquire if you're very serious about it. I want to get this in the hands of a player.
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If you are planning on coming to the 2014 Vibes Congress, please fill out the following form.
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This etude deals with more block chords, along with dampening within this independence exercise. You should start to notice how all the techniques we've discussed are starting to come together.
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Alone Together
Marie-Noëlle
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Gary Burton's Jazz Improvisation Course Over the past five weeks, I've been enrolled in Gary Burton's online jazz improvisation course at https://www.coursera.org/. Coursera is a website that offers free online courses in a variety of…
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I'm editing Christos' lesson getting them ready to go online. I hate editing video, btw. It's not fun for me, I'm not a video guy and am not dying to make money at shooting video and editing it and making it into a work of art! It's funny…
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This is my practise in the tune sophisticated lady. Simple but my goal was to to play the melody and the chords.
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Did I post this already?
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Today was the 50th anniversary of the death of JFK. I wrote this piece as a tribute to a great man and a great president.
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Here's a simple etude on independence. It works out half note bass notes and guide tones against the melody. It has a few tricky spots, but overall, it's a good start for working out independence. This can be played with 2 mallets.
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If you are the type of player that likes to tinker with stuff, I might now have a job for you. In this job you'd be learning to tune bars, quality control instruments and work on the overall production of instruments. PLEASE don't…
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Susan Pascal
Marie-Noëlle
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Mike Manieri! I saw him play 5 solo tunes that were mind blowing. Ask Stefan Harris he was there.
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This is a very heavy photo I think. Leigh Stevens who is besides one of the great marimba players, he knows more about the manufacturing of mallet keyboards than anyone. Gilberto Serna the great repair man that we all love and Andres…
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Two heavy cats. Emil Richards and Dave Samuels! I was hanging out with Dave when Emil walked up to us. If you haven't read his biography you should read it!
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Dear everyone at Vibes Workshop, Finally The Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group (with Terreon Gully and Mike Pope) are back in NYC. They will be joining Motéma Music's 10th anniversary celebration for a one-off concert at the Jazz Standard…
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Movin On
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I have moved back to the mid-state Pennsylvania area where I worked for 26 years. It's an "active 55" community, where the residents are older than dirt. This place has been called the "elephant graveyard" of Penn State alumni. I've…
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Hi people!! this link regards another video around TIME it's a beautiful song from my friend, a great Italian guitarist: Enrico Bracco and is very challenging..
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Here's a second basic lesson on playing the TOTM, Alone Together, in 7.
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