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Sept 20, 12pm EDT - 14UTC - Vibe Hang
tonymiceli
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Have You Seen Gary's Lessons?
tonymiceli
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They are a few years old, but they are timeless as is his music! Solo Playing Tips Part 1 Solo Playing Tips - Part 2 The Attack Phrasing Comping - Part 1
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Making Lines and Melodies - Part 1
tonymiceli
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Tuning Marimba Bars
tonymiceli
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4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Very Interesting! Tuning Bars (Wood) but I Guess Metal is the Same, Right?
tonymiceli
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4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Etude 4 from the David Friedman Dampening and Pedaling book
Christiansergio2
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4 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Music theory history lesson
Randy_Sutin
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He changed the title since I first saw this from "Music Theory is Racist" to its current form. Probably a better descriptor of what he has researched and laid out in pretty good detail.
4 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
Monks Mood
tonymiceli
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I did this for some friends in Korea.
4 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
"Farmer's Trust" by Pat Metheny
ed saindon
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"Farmer's Trust" - one of my favorite compositions from guitarist Pat Metheny. A great song to use as a vehicle for dampening including the one hand dampening techniques - slide, hand and pivot dampening. All of these dampening techniques…
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Etude 5 from the David Friedman Dampening and Pedaling book
Christiansergio2
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Easy Mallets Books Presentation -V
giovanniperin
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HERE ARE MY NEW BOOKS - EASY MALLETS I recently published two innovative methods FOR BEGINNERS dedicated to: VIBRAPHONE & IMPROVISATION MARIMBA & XYLOPHONE have fun practicing with BACKING TRACKS In this video I explain you what…
7 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Comping - Alternating the 5th and 6th by Behn Gillece
behng
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4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman 23 Harmonized
Bernardo96
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Harmonized
4 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Unconventional Vibraphone Techniques
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I have only been playing vibes for about a year. Before I started playing the vibes, I thought you just hit the vibes with the mallets and use the pedal to let it ring out or stop the sound. Since then I have learned about so many…
4 years 2 months ago - 12 comments
Hitting the Nodes - On Purpose
BarryK
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Everyone says to avoid hitting the bars at the nodes. Well, I wanted to see what it would sound like in a musical context. Enclosed is my experiment. The idea was to play over Am on the nodes in one phrase, then answer over other…
4 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
How to Recover from Mistakes During Performance?
BarryK
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I am working on playing a classical piece. I try to play it like I am performing. If I make a mistake while playing a slow line, should I try and correct it during the performance, or should I just let it be and continue on? If it is a…
4 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
Little B's Poem Arrangement by BarryK
BarryK
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I started a solo arrangement to Bobby Hutcherson's "Little B's Poem". Enclosed is a PDF, and an audio generated from Sibelius. I also attached an initial attempt at it (just a few measures). The original recording has vibes and flute…
4 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
"What Kind Of Fool Am I' - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
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"What Kind Of Fool Am I" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Working on solo playing with reharm and voicings. Was playing through the Bill Evans version and got some nice ideas and wanted to try it out on the vibes.
4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Freidman1-4
Colten Yates
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyCfWHjM5Y
4 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Dave Samuels' Lick Explained -V
giovanniperin
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Hi guys, today I'd like to show you one significant lick of Dave Samuels. It's taken from his song "Turnabout" (Here and now, Caribbean jazz project). Check out this record because it's simply gorgeous! We will analyse in particular how he…
6 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
II-V-I Challenge -V
giovanniperin
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Hi vibes lover, today I'd like to challenge you and your friend with this easy progression! the difficult part of the exercise is that you have to do it in all the keys saying out loud the name of the chord you are playing and then make a…
7 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
an Idea for a new specialty mallet for Tony to work on
campb3ll
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One thing about playing on the Mallet station (I'm assuming the same is true for the malletkat) that is kind annoying is the unnatural bounce of the mallet after the strike. It would be great if somebody designed a mallet that articulates…
4 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
The Nearness Of You" Solo Vibraphone with a focus on dampening
ed saindon
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"The Nearness Of You" - Solo vibraphone on this classic with a focus on various dampening techniques including slide, hand and pivot dampening.
4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Whisper Not - Solo Vibes
Oliver_M37
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Comments welcome!
4 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Beatles: "Blackbird" - vibes & sax
cocktail-vibes
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hope you like it, best, Stefan
4 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
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