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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…
6 years 3 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…
6 years 3 months ago - 15 comments
How to Harmonize a Melody: "Georgia on my Mind" (G. Perin) -V
giovanniperin
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Hi vibes friends, In this lesson I'm going to show you an easy and effective method to harmonize the melody of "Georgia on my Mind". Make sure to download the pdf before watching the video. Your homework is to use the same method to…
1 year 6 months ago - 0 comments
Learning From the Balafon: 3 over 2
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 my collection of…
6 years 3 months ago - 7 comments
"Shuffle Vibe Blues"
ed saindon
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“Shuffle Vibe Blues” – a fun little song that I composed to play with a left-hand shuffle feel. It’s an AAB form with the A section being a 12 bar blues. It's a bit reminiscent of something the late great Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) would…
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Practice Club - CYDT 2 5 1
Mary-Marie
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Finally was able to play it by ear in 12 keys, thru circle of 4ths. Great exercise! Next I want to do it in Harmonic Minor. I am teaching myself to hear chord qualities, like the ii7(b5) and minor(Maj7).
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
4 Lessons in 4 Weeks and you get a pair of my mallets - The rules
tonymiceli
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1. dig up some lessons from the past. 2. You sign up here and tell me what 4 lessons you will do. A Friedman etude counts, btw. So you post here that you're in and then you post the 4 lessons you will do, posting each lesson each week (…
6 years 3 months ago - 16 comments
CYDT - Chord Tone Solo On Any Tune You Know
tonymiceli
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Can You Do This?
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Learning from the Balafon: 4 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 my collection of…
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Vibraphonics and the PIPERvibe
Piper
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The "short" story.
6 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
CYDT - Harmonizing Scales by Behn Gillece
behng
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6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Paths of Coordination (this one has "Gear Time" in it.
Piper
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I'm kind of regurgitating these old articles and things I did when I was more involved in the music scene but I'll have new stuff soon. I think these articles are pretty good and I wrote them when I was doing a lot of teaching. This…
6 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
"Minor Haven" - Original Composition
ed saindon
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Playing a solo vibraphone version of a new composition titled "Minor Haven". The lead sheet can be downloaded via the link in the video description.
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Can You Do This - Surround Notes in A Chord
tonymiceli
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remember this for the most part it is: scale tone above, half step below. C7 would be D B C F Eb E A Gb G C A Bb
6 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Balafon history, context, and traditional performances
Jerry Leake
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Hi all, Below is some general balafon history that I send to my students. Hopefully, this provides some traditional context to several West African countries where it is played. I’ll let the info speak for itself and keep checking in on…
6 years 3 months ago - 10 comments
Comparison of Aluminum vs. PVC tubes
wyndorps
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I am not able to play two times exactly the same and with the same attack, but I hope you can get a feeling of the sound. It was a simple recording using ZOOM H4n on both foldable suitcase frames in my workshop.
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
" Woodwork" (4-mallet balafon w/ cajon and stick pattern)
Jerry Leake
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I recorded a 4-mallet balafon improvisation that managed to keep the time and rhythm cycle clear enough for me to layer grooves on Cajon and stick. My goal in this samba-like sculpture was to surrender all tension and rhythm gravity, to…
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
The Nearness of You
ed saindon
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Spending time with and learning how to play this beautiful instrument today with the classic "The Nearness of You" by the great composer Hoagy Carmichael. The first chorus is a slow, rubato ballad and then I thought I would try something…
6 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Line Development - Adding Chromatic Notes to Major Modalities Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
behng
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6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Practice Club - Friedman Etude 4
Mary-Marie
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For some reason this etude is especially challenging for me. If I went a little faster, then you can hear the dampening mallet almost ring. I tried using harder and softer mallets and these worked the best. I tried to keep the dampening…
6 years 3 months ago - 10 comments
Vince Guaraldi
tonymiceli
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I'm a Vince G fan!
6 years 3 months ago - 11 comments
Misty Solo Vibe
Piper
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Here's the solo vibe piece that goes with the Misty Lesson. There are some serious challenges in it.
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
CYDT - Take Any Chord and Move it Up and Down the Scale
tonymiceli
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CYDT (Can you do this)
6 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Yesterdays: solo vibes
Jerry Leake
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"Yesterdays" is a 1933 song about nostalgia composed by Jerome Kern (lyrics by Otto Harbach), and written for the musical “Roberta.” This rather rambunctious and “no fear” rendition features my new leather mallets. I’m…
6 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Misty Lesson on Solo Vibraphone - Special Characteristics
Piper
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Here's a lesson I wrote years ago on Misty. I had permission from the owner who was Erroll Garner's wife. Then it turned out that she sold it to Warner Brothers. I contacted Warner Bros. and I paid them and they issued me a license for the…
6 years 3 months ago - 7 comments
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