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"All The Things You Are" with comping/solo playing: working with a student yesterday on comping/solo playing. We were working on various voicing techniques and concepts including closed, open voicings, voicings in 4rths, pentatonic voicings, 4-7 note voicings with upper structure triads, clusters, textural voicings and symmetrical diminished voicings. We also focused on how connecting the voicings with inner voices or an upper melodic line, breaking up the voicings and interspersing melodic fragments can lead to solo playing. That's how Gary developed many of his solo arrangements.

Transcription of solo using Upper Structure Triads on "What Is This Thing Called Love". (Thanks to Nico Chara for the transcription) The improv concept explanation and the first chorus analysis is included in The Complete Guide To Improvisation Volume Two.

For more on the topic, including the specific USTs being used, here are page excerpts from the book:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6z3NzPm4yYpckJlWjlwdm9DTXM/view?fbcli…

Here you have it: one of the most challenging licks for vibraphone taken directly from the master.
it's also a great technical exercise based on the double lateral stroke.

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Using the first 16 bars of Exercise #1 from Ted Reed's classic book, ideas are adapted to the balafon in a variety of styles to build independence.

Download the attached excerpt from Ted's book.

Play the head along with me.

Then we trade 8s. Remember it's AABA Dmin Dmin Ebmin Dmin
I'll start off the 8s. That means you are only soloing in Dmin. However you have to comp for me when it goes to Ebmin7. So work on your chords and solo in Dminor.

I can put up a version where you solo first that means you will solo in both Dmin and Ebmin

Get it?

Play along, record it and post it!

I kept my solo simple. Maybe you can transcribe some of my 8s? Do some ear training?

Its been a while since I've posted anything so here's a tune I've been working on, no comping on this just bass drums and vibes melody and solo. Feedback welcome Thanks

This weekend is our VW Bootcamp.

David is working in his class on the My Funny Valentine. He put up a version and so did Hauke so I wanted to do one as well.

I have not played the tune in a long time but I thought I could bang it out. I couldn't. I had to remember the parts and assemble it again. Hence my comment in the beginning, which I decided to leave in.

Don't any of us who record have comments like this or worse on some of our recordings?

I'm always looking to see and hear how people play in different situations and whether it holds my attnetion.

David Patrios is a great mallet player. Just look how he plays in this duo!

He's on a .... is it a Balifon? Or do I just call it a marimba? I don't know.

But he makes great melodies.

This just reminds me what we need to make music. We don't need 4 mallets going on all the time. For most of us that's a good think. We need strong melodies with chords interspersed!

Transcribe my solo.
1st chorus - quarter note solo
2nd chorus - simple solo

Play my solo, then do yours.
Your first chorus needs to be quarter notes
Second chorus, simple and swinging.

I've attached a file with only brushes. You can use the to play along with.