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2 EPs of my band, Momentous Saat
nicofarr
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Hi everyone, I've not been active here for many years. I just wanted to send here two short records we have done with my band, Momentous Saat. The bass player, Simon Le Doaré, is the one writing and arranging all the music. We are all…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
CYDT - Technical Exercise 3
tonymiceli
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5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Learning from the Balafon: 5 over 3
Jerry Leake
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Balafon to Vibraphone: a unique path to new ideas I wanted to share some thoughts about my balafon lessons and how they might connect to your primary instrument: vibes, marimba, piano, etc. African Origins to Drum Set: In this collection…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Summer Toy & Summer Production 2019
wyndorps
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Here is my new travel vibraphone. Now I finally get no more trouble with the cottage neighbors or my wife. As my summer toy doesn't create a great sound I have taken the wonderful recording from Maciej Afanasjew for background. I love…
5 years 9 months ago - 8 comments
Cream Pie!
Anecdote
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An original tune titled Cream Pie. Slightly inspired by Dexter Gordon's tune Cheese Cake. Joe Zarr - Soprano, Joe Karwacki - Bass, Damian Allis - Drums and Matthew Rockwell Sokolic - randomly hitting some metal!
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - There Will Never Be Another You - Introduction to Harmony Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
behng
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5 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
Can You Do This - Technical Exercise 2
tonymiceli
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5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
CYDT - Move Two Voices Contrapuntally Inside A Chord by Behn Gillece
behng
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5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Gong -- Esnuria
Jerry Leake
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So, I need to share this amazing fusion tune from 1976. The band "Gong" and this tune, in particular, transformed my life when I was in high school. There is loads of mallet playing on all of their music. Esnuria is an epic that kicks…
5 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
Philly/City People!
spart456
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I’ll be headed to Philly in a couple of weeks for the Weiss festival and vibes workshop! I’m planning on bringing my vibes but am unsure how I will actually get them to and from where the workshop is. Does anyone ever use the bus or subway…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Chega de Saudade - A Study in Solo Vibraphone Playing
ed saindon
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Gary Burton set the bar with his recording "Alone At Last" which was released in 1972. His rendition of this composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim was and still is unbelievable. I was very fortunate to study with Gary at Berklee while I was…
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Practice: diatonic/chromatic passing tones and anticipation notes
allyman
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I've been spending a little time each day with Ed's book 1. The early info on passing tones is great. I figured for accountability's sake, I would just record a short segment of my practice this morning... Clearly one of MY biggest issues…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
CYDT - Dampen Two Notes From One Chord To The Next by Behn Gillece
behng
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5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
For Tony!
allyman
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Sometimes ya gotta just open the book and play whatever tune turns up. So that's what I did. No practicing, just play. I've always loved this tune as a ballad. I'd never read through it before this (and it sorta sounds like it! haha). I…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Practice Club: Lesson 2 (week 2?)
allyman
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I'm a week behind because I was out of town last week and didn't figure it was worthwhile to post a video of me playing on the towel. (see pic attached). I put together a few different lessons here and then in the end, tried a little "play…
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Practice Club 3 - Surround Notes in Chords
Mary-Marie
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To get it to this point I practiced longer than I thought I'd have to. I still messed up a little bit, and I'd like to take it twice as fast. Also working on pedaling... At this stage I'm happy if I don't smear the notes or sound…
5 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
God Bless The Child - Solo Vibes
ed saindon
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"God Bless The Child" - one of my favorite ballads composed and sung by the great Billie Holiday. Some exploration with dampening and solo playing techniques that will be covered in the two books (solo vibraphone playing and dampening)…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Back Pain *sigh*
spart456
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I hate to even have to write this post but I’m hoping that there maybe other vibe players who could give me some insight on this. I’m 6’4”... so most of the vibes I play, including my own are to low for me. I tend to bend over the…
5 years 9 months ago - 11 comments
Practice Club 2: Turn Around Chord Study
spart456
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A few days late but I still wanted to get something posted. I've had a lot of back pain recently so I didn't get to practice as much as I usually do. Fortunately, I now have bed risers under my vibes making the instrument taller for me,…
5 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
"Little B's Poem" by Bobby Hutcherson -V
David Friedman
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I've been recently working on a solo version of Bobby Hutcherson't "Little B's Poem". It's a 16 bar tune with no bridge. The form is simple but getting the feeling of the tune plus feeling good about the time and the groove have taken me…
1 year 1 month ago - 10 comments
Balafon to Vibraphone: a unique path to new ideas
Jerry Leake
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I wanted to share some thoughts about my balafon lessons and how they might connect to your primary instrument: vibes, marimba, piano, etc. African Origins to Drum Set: In my collection of 33 balafon lessons, I introduce African grooves…
5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
CYDT - Weed Out Unnecessary Doublings by Behn Gillece
behng
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5 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Dampening Etudes #6-7
Oliver_M37
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A little late, but I'll be uploading a lot more soon.
5 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
Practicing as Tony Recommended!
allyman
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Accountability: There Will Never Be Another You Hi! So, I've got so many things to learn and work on it's almost overwhelming. Yet when I drill it down, the skills I need the MOST are simply learning tunes, playing tunes (in time), and…
5 years 9 months ago - 7 comments
Practice: "Playing around" with F Blues
allyman
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Sharing a little bit of some very early morning practice time today. Here's what's up with this: One of the things that has always mystified me a little bit, is the blues. I've sat on the drums in small group settings for years - admiring…
5 years 9 months ago - 15 comments
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