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The audio is WAY off on this vid. But still check out Gary's solo. he puts one stick down. How come Gary?
12 years 10 months ago - 5 comments
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Check this out! If you like it here's more:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUkU8XJxowU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPcIpCtVjsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bavi53KfpDM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfZqj-wBAQ
14 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
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Nico's Cork Screw.
14 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
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This is the first chorus of Steve Nelson playing a solo over Beautiful Love. I also posted part of it as a pdf, but I just started transcribing today so it's only a part and I think there are some parts wrong. but I'm working on it. This…
7 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
The Stevens Grip
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Patty talks about the Steven's Grip, how to use it and why she likes it!
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
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Here's a solo to transcribe. I made it fairly simple, but not too. Memorize it. Record yourself playing on top of my solo. This is how you transcribe! This is how you steal other peoples stuff! All great musicians do it! This is a solo…
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
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Here's a podcast discussing comping over the 'A' section to Green Dolphin Street. If focuses on which notes are least important and expendable as well as using the C pedal in your comping.
14 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
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The 4th etude has a different technique of dampening. It´s in the beginning line of the etude. Can you figure out how to play this first line?
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
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Here´s the 3rd etude in the friedman book. This is a real focus on playing dynamically.
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Get a Gig!
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A member of the site here just got his first gig on vibes. I thought I would mention that and mention how important it is to play live. Yes if you haven't done it, the first times are a little scary and might even be a disaster, but this…
14 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
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Here is lesson two where I demonstrate harmonizing minor and dominant bebop scales. Make sure to run these through all keys with a metronome. Notice how the major and relative minor scales are identical (you only have to learn one that…
14 years 9 months ago - 12 comments
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Here's Behn performing My Ideal. This is part of his lesson where he talks about his approach to solo playing.
14 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
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Check us out. That's a lot of vibe notes!!
14 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
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12 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
The Hang Drum
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I've seen this drum around but always saw mediocre cats playing it. I think this guy is pretty good!
14 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
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A highlight of the workshop! Nico talks about making a vibraphone! Here is an excerpt on tuning the bars.
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
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Thought I'd post my practice session with the tune 'My Romance'. Working on getting it smooth and finding lines to weave through the changes and keeping the tempo steady!
13 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
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Hi All, Here's a solo version of "Alone Together" for your consideration :-). I've been trying to get this together for weeks now, but have been battling technical issues and finally just decided to give up. There's some buzzing and…
14 years 9 months ago - 16 comments
Technique
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Here's all the lessons on technical stuff for the instrument.
14 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
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I wrote a short etude to the first half of My Romance, hoping that anyone studying would make up their own second half.
14 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
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Site might go offline for a little this evening Feb. 11
14 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
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14 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
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I'm so glad that our site 'mother' came to visit us at Nico's. Here's her and David playing Summertime. Marie was watching David play and she said, he's a 'maniac' isn't he. That's a term we have for someone who just practices and plays…
14 years 9 months ago - 10 comments
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What a treat, getting to jam with Friedman!
12 years 10 months ago - 9 comments
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Here's a virtual conversation about playing via the internet. I don't have the time to sort it all out but if you sift through, it's pretty cool. ------------------------------------------------------ so it sounds like this could possibly…
14 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
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