Lesson

Behn Gillece plays and talks about My Ideal.

Is it or isn't this my grip! Who knows! Someone else named and I've written the most extensively about it. Call it what you want, but I think it's a great grip to play vibes with. Sort of has the best of both worlds.

My favorite vibe player Victor Feldman uses it. That alone is enough reassurance that this is a very effective vibraphone grip. Check out the vids!

Here's a how to with the grip that I play with.
OOOOOOPPPPPPPSSS I forgot to mention ONE THING!! Put the outside stick on top of the inside stick, JUST LIKE THE Burton grip.

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I found out that my favorite vibe player Victor Feldman used this grip! That's cool!

Well..... We didn't talk about all of the vibraphone techniques but we got a bunch in here!!

Check out this lesson plan. Check out the simple solo and the scales. Then lets talk.

can you do a chord tone solo easily on this tune?
can you play the chords with 4 mallets?
is it memorized?

we should meet online when i get back from canada.

Bluesette is a great tune to study because of all the ii Vs. This is one of those tunes that is you really work hard on it, you're practicing many other tunes since they'll have similar changes.

Musicians usually play it in either Bb or G, so at the very least you should work on it in at least those keys. Here are a some different things to help you study Bluesette.

Here are all the lesson plans. If you're having trouble figuring out something to practice look here for ideas.

Pivot Chords are an interesting way to modulate. It's a great study when added to a tune you're working on!