You probably don't know much about Dick Richardson, who passed away last week. He is the guy who built Musser into a major company. Dick bought the Musser Company from Claire Musser back in the 50s sometime, when the company typically was selling about 50 vibraphones each year.
Here are three simple left hand exercises to practice.
I was messing around with settings on my camera and trying to find some quicker ways to shoot video and I made a lesson up. Simple but you guys might dig it. Wasn't easier and had some trouple with the cam, but consider it a QDV (Quick and Dirty Video).
Check out the part on windshield wipers and the part about the orchestra.
Smokin!!!!
Check out these 2 versions of playing solo! Very interesting to me because they are very very different in there approach. Ted's is always a laid back approach and he has some great dampening technique down that he uses quite effortlessly. Patrice is a great classical player that does a great job crossing over into jazz. He's got some serious chops happening and his approach is really great.
I dug so much listening to both these guys back to back. They're both really worth studying and listening and watching.
Great stuff guys!
This is a good example of a basic solo arrangement for vibes. Mallet dampening should be used on the first 16 bars of the melody to keep the notes from running together. You won’t be able to use the pedal because it will be down to allow the chord voicings to ring.
Print the head arrangement HERE