This is my 'weapon of choice' at the moment. A Hungarian hammered dulcimer- the Cimbalom. I got it in February and have been practicing like nothing else!
If it interests you I have attached a chart of how it's tuned- it's all over the…
With these workshops, I've taken a little break from posting lessons. Mainly because I'm away from my studio. But I'm home Sunday and next week we'll get back to work!
I've really had a great time here in Delaware and also in Ireland. Man…
This is a basic arrangement for vibes or marimba of the popular jazz standard "Afternoon in Paris". It demonstrates a couple different ways to accompany a melody - using a counter line or a block chord. It also employs a simple pedal point…
Check out 13 year old guitarist Andreas Varady. He's amazing.
Hang for the whole vid if you can, because the second tune we do is Giant Steps and he tears it up!
Every body is welcome to come Thursday to the University of Delaware For Our Open House. It starts around 2pm.
Take the day off of work and practicing and drive down, come meet, David Friedman, me, Behn Gillece, Mike Pinto, Randy Sutin,…
I thought I'd try recording a video of stride playing Ive been working on. But I cannot get any audio on the iMovie.
I use the iSight camera in the iMac and iMovie.
I can see the input level working fine. But it does not record.
Any help…
The Mallet Kat is an incredible instrument and it makes the pit musician's life much simple. But what about doubles for the show. Now that the percussionist didn't have to drag in timpani, does he still get his doubling fees for playing…
What a great day we had today. Mike balter sent us 52 pairs of mallets! There was a pile of sticks on the floor and after we took a break, half of them were gone! They were going through them and comparing them.
We worked on tunes and…
Hey Everybody,
Recently we had the pleasure of Gloria Krolak amongst our membership. She has an fm radio show online that features all vibes and marimba players. I think it is mostly vibes. Anyway, she gave us some info in a post about…
Hey guys,
Here's a clip of an old classic tune called "Sweet Lorraine" which has been recorded by such pianists Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Nat King Cole as well as sung by Frank Sinatra and many other vocalists.
The tune has quite a bit…
Hey everyone!
It's officially today! It already had a few months of existence as beta site, but on August 1st 2008, Vibesworkshop was officially open!
I got into the users list, and found that at that date, there were already around 20…
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