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Bossa Etude (based on Recado Bossa Nova)

tonymiceli 3 November 2023

I love the tune Recado Bossa Nova. My fav part is the Eb to A. What a cool sound. 

I wrote a very detailed (for me) etude with sticking. So you can really see how I think of things. I try to take a very minimalist approach to the vibes (most of the time). 

Notice how the harmony works and there is not a lot of chords. I think this works as a solo piece which means you don't need a lot of notes and chords for a solo piece. 

Etude No. 33 - Vibraphone Solo by David Kovins

davidkovinsvibe 21 October 2023

Etude No. 33 from my book "Vibraphone Virtuosity Series - Intermediate Progressive Etude, Multi-stylistic

2&4 Mallet studies for Solo Vibes". The most comprehensive vibraphone jazz book, ever written; exclusively

distributed by School for Musical Performance Publications. Order your copy today at -

KingKovins@gmail.com 

Etudes!!!

tonymiceli 20 October 2023

Just a reminder. If you're looking for etudes to work on your technique, try the Parker Omnibook or the Coltrane Omnibook. 

They are great and saxophone doesn't seem to me to lay out easily on the vibes so the music is challenging. I have always thought that trumpet lays out really well on the vibes. Don't know why but it does. Maybe it's harder for trumpet players to jump around on the instrument? What do you think. 

And if you use transcription books, you are working on improvising, even though the best way to do that is to transcribe it yourself. 

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