2 compositions for vibraphone and marimba by Franz Bauer that include improvised sections,
where players can decide to play the solos as written or use their own creative ideas instead. (level difficulty: medium)
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Here's a chord... hmmm.... exercise? Or maybe concept? It's a way I practice tunes sometimes.
It's also a concept that if you get down you can use in your solo playing and comping especially without a bass.
Do you use sequencers to practice. Man, they can be very helpful. Loops are a great way to practice. But even making up loops without the sequencer and playing them in a solo vibes format can be really help you're playing.
So, I talk…
This is the recording from the percussion ensemble performance. My percussion instructor is pretty cool. He doesnt know anything about jazz but he knows about technique and he lets me do whatever. He lets me arrange tunes and play what I…
So, I've been talking about quarter notes a lot this week. As a result, I've been thinking about quarter notes a lot this week. As a result I've been practicing quarter notes a lot this week!
Quarter notes are really interesting to me.…
Since Gary has been posting about Red, I thought I'd add this podcast. It was done by National Public Radio and they have about fifty other similar podcasts about jazz artists available for free download from their website (www.npr.org…
This is a group I play in. What's interesting is it's Guitar (Steve Giordano), EWI (John Swana, and myself. It's fun to play without a bass player! All the roles of the instrument change.
This is Footprints, the last I'll post from the gig…
Here's a bebop lick or better yet a phrase. It shows how to create lines by weaving small intervals.
Part 1 is the lick and part 2 is moving the lick into another key.
This is from my 'Meg and the Cliftones' CD.
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Follow me through this. Here are some advanced concepts in *comping*. man I hate those fancy titles. I'm just playing through the changes vertically and horizontally. Check it out, follow me, play along and ask questions. At the end I comp…
Part two of the Solar Lesson. Make sure you've gone through part 1 first!
In this lesson, you'll do some playing along with me. BTW- I gave everything the 'Tap' test, which is I tap through and make sure I didn't drag, or drop a beat, and…
Here's a little talk about simplicity and making the changes work. I use a minor ii V to illustrate my talk.
I think it's interesting stuff to simplify progressions and see what's the least amount that they need to work.
I'd like to begin a discussion about feet. Your feet and how you deal with them when you're playing. Vibes players may be at risk for foot and back problems because we are often standing on one foot with the other on the pedal. The weight…
Launching the carbonVibe at the Frankfurt Musikmesse was a great succes!
Everyone with a serious interest in tuned percussion was amazed by not only the looks but also the sound of the world's first carbonVibe, made by vanderPlas Baileo.…
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