Hi vibes lovers today i'll talk about how to study tunes.
I'll also explain what is my approach in arranging my own version of a jazz standard: "Very early"
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Hey Everyone,
November's show is very special! Seven of the world's best vibes/marimba players have chosen a couple of THEIR favorite songs by the players they most admire. (The results make a great show.) I will also play a tune of…
My student Pablo was asking about writing a piece with one not as the melody.
So I recommended he write down a bunch of chords with B (his note for the melody, trying to use chords with B as an upper partial as well as a third or fifth.…
http://wrti.org/post/philadelphia-orchestra-plays-pat-metheny-wrti-sund…
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/Metheny-meets-the-Fabul…
"Concerto for vibraphone and marimba. An instrument new to the orchestra stage, the MalletKAT…
After two years of retirement, Terry Gibbs performed with a new version of his Dream Band in May, 2016 and shows that he hasn't lost a step despite being 91 years old at the time. He swings through a Steve Allen composition, "Playing the…
Although this is an hour-plus concert, I'd like to direct your attention to just the first tune "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise." There is a lesson here worthy of study.
I'll always be eternally grateful to Terry Gibbs for explaining to…
Solo vibe feature from my concert at the Theatre de la Licorne in Cannes, France which took place on October 8th, 2017. Special thanks to Andres Ramos (Professor and Head of Percussion - Cannes Conservatoire), Bergerault, Vic Firth, the…
I just wanted to make a small suggestion related to the "Vocal Phrasing" video lessons. There are more to come and although I could have provided a pdf of what I played, I think it's important to transcribe what you think would be worth…
This clip is from Ralph Gleason's PBS show Jazz Casual from 1962. I always thought of this piece as the "odd man out" in the repertoire of the Modern Jazz Quartet only because you don't think of them as playing Ornette Coleman's music.…
For me there was a whole study around comping on the vibes. Comping is just Accompaniment. No rules.
So how do you play alternate sticking and comp. Well I use mallet number 1. I tie it in with Mallet number to
I count the sticks left to…
Hi Guys here 's my vibraphone solo version of the famous jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street". I was unsure about the key to choose so I played half on C and Half on Eb!!!
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After viewing the video, check out the attached PDF. See where you can apply this great sound to the study tune I created. Post your results by Friday morning and I will check in :)
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