Day 4: Rather than having the top notes of the chords as the passing tones, we've changed the passing tones to inner voicings. These passing tones have the b9, which creates a different tension.
OK so it's 4 bars. Play it twice :-)
Get it under your hands and play it in C. Every few days play it in another key.
REMEMBER: play all these exercises in time. That is learn them and then make sure you can play it in time. Don't learn…
This is a great exercise to help you really start thinking about comping through the scales.
It's the A section to Little Sunflower harmonized in block chords.
It's easy and if you know the tune you'll easily play it in D minor.
Keep it…
So thanks to Dr. Stephan Clarmann von Clarence we have a serious list of vibe players.
I want to make a section of the site where i put names and then we can research them and hopefully have an exhaustive list of vibe players and…
Day 3: There are additional passing tones in m2, 4, and 6. M2 and 4 have b13 passing tones. This adds some tension to the voicings. As in the other lessons, dampen and create legato transitions between the notes.
Day 2: You will notice that the voicings are the exact same as day 1, but the major difference here is the dampening. Rather than attacking each new chord, dampen the one note that changes. This will create a nice, legato transition…
For this week of 8MAD, we'll be looking at voice leading. I like to think of comping more in terms of voice leading. Rather than just thinking about 4 note voicings, it's also good to think about where each note wants to go. For day 1,…
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I hope you all doing alright! If you have time check out my solo vibes version on giant steps. It's a live recording from a recent a tour I did in Greece. I miss you guys!
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Dimitris aka jim the vibes!
Day 5: The two main tweaks in this lesson are the first and fourth measures. In the first measure, there's a nice surround going into the ninth of the Gm; two half steps below and two above. In the fourth measure, the line descends at the…
This is the section for the research team.
If you are on the research team I will post names here. Use the comments section to add whatever material you can find.
Put your opinions down or whatever you think I should see. Some of these…
Turnaround lines are very important in jazz because we see progressions all the time like 2-5-3-6, 1-6-2-5 etc. The more vocabulary you learn over turnarounds, the better! Turnarounds aren't just at the ends of forms, but can be anywhere…
Day 3: The two main tweaks in this lesson are in the C7 measures. In M2, there's an Ab in the line, giving it a darker color than just having the A natural. In M6, the C augmented triad is outlined. Many bebop masters use augmented triads…
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Haven't been around much here as much as I'd like to recently, as I've been busy releasing my debut album. Check it out! http://ralphwyld.co.uk/subterranea/
However I found this transcription I did a while ago of Joe's solo on…
Day 4: You will notice the first measure has been changed slightly. Rather than have it go up the Gm dorian as it has been, this measure has a melodic minor type sound to it. Even though it's a Gm7 chord, the F# is really just a passing…
In Day 2, you will start to notice the use of a few chromatic notes and approach tones. The line is similar and still pretty diatonic. Take notice of the surround tones in M4. You will see lines like this all the time in bebop where there'…
In this week's set of lessons, we're examining some different rhythmic comping exercises. Most of these are based around a simple dotted quarter and eighth note rhythm. In this first day, work on exaggerating the shortness of the eighth…
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It's been awhile since I've posted anything on the site, but I'm finding time to be a vibraphonist at least a little while school consumes my life...
Last weekend I attended the first Vibes Bootcamp at Tony's house in…
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"See you next year," may be kind of trite as the new year is coming up close, but the next time you'll HEAR me will be next year. Good Vibes airs on New Year's Day at 8p and replay is the following Wednesday at 4p. Most of…
Day 5; In this final lesson, we're sticking with closed voicings. The top note changes with each chord. I particularly like the 2nd F7 voicing which is A,D,Eb,F from bottom up. It's very crunchy and fun to groove on.
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