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Hi All, Tune in on Sunday, December 3rd at 8:00p eastern for the next edition of Good Vibes. You know all those good feelings you have during the winter holidays? Vibes player Jay Hoggard wants us to keep "Christmas Vibes All Through the…
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I'll put all the parts here. I am going to redo all this and do it as a video. But I wanted to pass it on asap. I did this in less than 30 minutes. I just did it with a student and thought it's pretty cool so I'll pass it on. You will see…
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I always listen to other instruments play solo. It teaches you how to accompany yourself. The different ways. Our model is usually the piano which I think is not the best model for us. I like the guitar especially. That being said, it's…
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Stardust - Revisiting this classic composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Here's one of the versions that I came up with today while doing a little practicing at home. Throughout the clip, I incorporated some voicings…
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OK guys post your stuff here. post in the comment section. You will see a button that says "Add New Comments" put it there and attach files. MP3s for audio please. if you click on one button that says "Add New Comments" and that doesn't…
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Thanks to Pax for finding this!
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I think we have a picture of Paul Mcartney playing the vibes. Now here's Brian Jones! And here's a video:
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Friedman 15
Colonelcanuck87
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Etude 15 from Vibraphone Technique (Dampening and Pedaling) by David Friedman
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This is a solo arrangement of Alice in Wonderland. I rearranged some of the chords, messing around with pedal points and things like that. I also added a Bill Evans-like coda. Some of the bass movement doesn't work so well solo, but you…
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Oleo in B Flat (with guide tones in the bridge), Blues in the Closet in F, B flat, E flat, and G major.
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I'm always looking for video or audio of Joel Ross but it seems hard to dig stuff up on him. I just want to check him out as he's a young up and coming vibe player who's on the scene. The stuff I've heard sounds great! I found this album…
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Mike Dillon is a pretty 'colorful' vibe player in our little world. He's def someone using the vibes in an unusual context. Here's an article with video:http://www.musicfestnews.com/2017/11/14/the-vibraphone-destroyer-is-bac…
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Exploring on this classic song using voicings from my new book "Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist" now available from Amazon. The book addresses a variety of voicing concepts as applied to the II-7 V7 I Maj progression as well as…
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Giant Steps
ed saindon
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Practicing with lines on Giant Steps.
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Hello, I'm currently doing some research on the vibraphone in jazz and improvised music. I was wondering if members here would like to part in a research question (in the subject). I'd like to use the text of the responses, and…
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A Song for Solace - got in a little early today at Berklee and had some practice time. This song was improvised.
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Was checking something out about the minor 3 half step scale and came across this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexatonic_scale Some interesting scales there. I wonder how you write in some of those scales, or if there are examples of…
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This was written in the 1970s, maybe late 1960s. Victor Brazil was a young sax player who was creating an impressive career. He died early....not sure how. I've always loved this tune. I think it's one of his best.
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Over the past few months I've been working on an experiment. I wanted to see what kind of musical possibilities would be opened up if you had a motor that could be programmed. So I did just that. (I also built the whole vibraphone it…
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