Vibraphone

hey,
just to spread some good music. i play drums in this band. i think Zappa is the best...
hopefully there are not too many donald trump fans on the site :)

hope you enjoy it!
tarik

Hi vibes friend today i'd like to talk about my favorite scales for plaing over Dom 7th chords. I'm not a big fan of modes and scales in general because I tend to think about the tonal area when playing a song (especially simple standard song) but when I play over dom 7th chords and I want to express some tensions I use one of those scales:

1. Altered on C7alt (Melodic Minor starting from the 7th degree of the scale)
e.g. C altered scale is a Db melodic minor starting from C)

2. Symmetrical on C7b9 (Half tone, Whole Tone)

A little afternoon practice today on John Coltrane’s classic “Giant Steps”.

When working through this, it’s been difficult getting one solid run without missing at least 1 note. Threw in a ritardando at the end (I know it’s not written; to me it seemed appropriate to use there). Tried emulating this as a smooth and moving lullaby. Criticisms highly welcomed, and well appreciated

Some eXotic experiments on Softly. #latinjazz #vibraphone #jazz pic.twitter.com/XgJJSjh8MM

"The Theme from Schindler's List" - A beautiful melody from the great composer John Williams for the movie by Steven Spielberg. A very powerful movie with a brilliant score from John Williams with the lead beautifully played by the great violinist Itzhak Perlman.