I was playing a I vi ii V I progression and starting playing a familar melody. There are two melodies in the enclosed mp3. Are they the same or different tunes? What are they?
Thanks,
Barry
I'm just sitting here listening to the 'Procrastinator' and I realized that most of the cd's I've bought recently have come from the cd library here. I don't do much in the library, it's mostly Tjaco and Patty I think.
They have turned me on to great stuff that I didn't have. I can't believe that I never bought the Procrasinator! Also the Jackie Mclean cd's with Bobby H.
Really cool. Any of you other guys that want to put your recommendations in I can set you up. Especially Paps. You've seen him around and he's a walking musical encyclopedia.
Well as I'm watching all my gigs slow up in this awful economy, I'm wondering how I'm going to handle this and hang on until things pick back up.
Then I was reading 'Pet Owners' Quarterly and I saw an article that's about to change my life I think. There's a demand for turtle models and actors. Apparently the Ninja turtles are going to make a comeback.
So I began training my new pets that my wife brought home to make a few bucks and help out around the house.
Tonight, our local jazz station played Henry Mancini's Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time For Us). I thought I would give it a try on vibes. It's in Gm, so I got to work in a different key.
Suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Barry
My practice time is inversely proportional to the number of posts per day on this site. So keep it down ;-). I had a nice practice tonight. Some scales, some tunes.
One thing led to another and I started playing Norwegian Wood in 6ths. I think I might add this one to my office's Christmas party cocktail hour gig. Enclosed is an arrangement I came up with. I later heard the original and found I played it in the wrong key (C vs. original E). I think I might keep it in C since it lays nicely.
I have only been playing vibes for about a year. Before I started playing the vibes, I thought you just hit the vibes with the mallets and use the pedal to let it ring out or stop the sound. Since then I have learned about so many different playing techniques that I would never have imagined. For one thing, I never realized you could actually play the vibes with the pedal up.
Other techniques that I learned about are:
Mallet Dampening
Pitchbending
Hand Tremolo
Bowing
Echo emulation (ala Piper)
Spider Egg Sacks (or plastic bags) over resonators
Do you ever ask yourself, "what's the best way for me to support the arts?" or "Is there anything I can do from the ground level that would help support the arts and keep it healthy?"
Yes, remember that every time you buy a recording or arrangement from a musician, you are not only purchasing something for yourself but you are supporting those people who are doing it.
Like: (buy something from a musician or... Join a music web site ((hint, hint))
A quick note.
I love how something can start a train of thought. That's why to me communities are so important. And I love this vibe community.
Sounds like with Joe's exercise that there's a serious study in moving intervals in a parallel way. Next moving different intervals in parallel ways. Next moving things in parallel scale ways. Next moving things in approximate parallel ways making concessions for harmony.
I was having fun playing around with parallel 6ths. They sound so cool on the vibes. I tried it on piano and it doesn't sound as nice. Anyway, I started playing a song that I recognized but don't know the name. Can anyone name that tune (attached).
Thanks,
Barry
To this day, I still love Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, The Stones, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix... and of course The Beatles… and many other pop bands. I love them just as much as I do any music. They all played perfectly (to me). And today with my ears having decades of learning, listening and educating, I find this music to be even more astonishing.