listen to this guy play. listen to the first couple bars. you can tell he's a great young player, right? his phrasing i think is right on. has a little terry gibbs maybe in? i dug his playing.
Had never heard this little gem. Tough for me to play. Ver 1 plays the 4 chords of the bridge as closed as possible. Want to compare to opening them up per Tony's suggestions.
Also, added a good external microphone to my Audacity recording setup. Seems to bring a good improvement in sound quality.
This post is in response to Tony's plea for members to post more. So if you don't like it, blame Tony.
A brief rendition of the classic "Over The Rainbow" that utilizes harmony from Keith Jarrett's beautiful version. The arrangement features a modulation from Eb to F to Db. For a copy of the arrangement (melody and harmony), here's the link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/113437494/Over-the-Rainbow-Reharm-Modulation
Hello everyone,
I wanted to reach out and wish a great 2014 to all the members and supporters of vibesworkshop. We started off the year with a tremendous vibes congress in NJ, and I'm looking forward to the things we do on this site in the coming year.
Hey Houston dudes!
I'm looking forward to coming to your school in a couple weeks. Here is a bunch of stuff for you to check out.
Behns beginners 8 part series
Check out Behn's 8 part beginner series. He did this with Tyler Blanter. Behn and Tyler are great players!
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/book/online-courses/beginners-course/tonym…
Gary's video on technique
Here's a video on Attack on the vibes by the master Gary Burton
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/4621
Gary playing Chega
Check out Gary playing Chega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHR3F7vp1uc
If you are practicing scales and arpeggios, these might be some nice ideas to try.
-Tyler
Check out this great tune written by Christos and performed at the 'Zeltsman Marimba Festival' (ZMF) 2013 in Arcata, CA.
The tune is written for 2 marimbas and one vibraphone and it's called Rodinia.
Enjoy
I posted this in the thread with the link to the PBS Tiny Desk concert with Gary and Julian Lage, where this piece is performed. I don't know if anyone caught it though, so I'm reposting it here. This is also recorded on Gary's latest album 'Guided Tour'. It was written for Astor Piazzolla. I really like the harmonic movement.
I recently bought Jim Casella's vibraphone arrangement of Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, which you can get from Steve Weiss. Aside from being a beautiful piece, I found it to be a great exercise in mallet dampening and independence. In particular, in some places you need to dampen AFTER the following note has been played rather than just before.