Vibraphone

This étude is all about quality dynamics and phrasing! I love trying to get the correct dynamics /interpretation on this étude!!

Hello all –

I was born with bad hips and as age I've had to become a bit more creative :-)

I was wondering if any vibe players ever have had hip and back pain while playing? I have found pedaling with my left foot and alternating with my right foot seems to help… Yes, unorthodox but I can make music.

Does anyone else have any tricks?

Hope you like it.
If you like it, watch my channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuhxj5oRhQpaeRCXB5oBqA/feed

Best,

Stefan

I thought it would be a good chance for us to talk about our careers. Not all of us :-) have had careers like Gary Burton or Mike Manieri or David Friedman. Three incredible and different careers.

This is a great example of a great West coast player, Susan Pascal. Great tune and to me it looks like a textbook example of the "Burton grip".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecLW49_WdI

Got in early today at Berklee and found an open practice room for some shedding before teaching. Decided to work on playing lines over Coltrane's classic "Moment's Notice". In this clip I'm focusing on using the inside two mallets with the open spread fulcrum (Fulcrum Grip). An article on the grip which includes photos can be downloaded from my website.