Hey my fellow vibraphonists, I am wondering if anyone has had this problem before:
The damper bar on my Musser M-48 dampens the white keys sooner than the black keys when I use it. The result is an uneven feel, which presents more…
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know anything about the vibes player AJ Mantas who played with percussionist Norman Hedman, and the Joe Cuba Sextet for more than 30 years? He was killed near his home (I think NYC) by a hit-and-run driver in, I…
It will be a full day at our winter workshop this year!
We are going to work really hard. And add in some sight reading with the Mallet Ensemble, this should be great! Here's the basic schedule.
Keep in mind there will be a concert each…
Here's a slightly difficult etude that will really work on your independence. The left and right hand is separate for the whole tune. That is they work totally independently.
Had a fun time working on this solo vibraphone piece. Exploring feathering the pedal to articulate diminuendos.. As well as an ongoing quest: accuracy, phrasing, better groove/feel.
Chinese translation for Chinese students
在練習“左手演奏bass line不間斷”，是幫助加強獨立控制的技巧。
這一集比較不同的是，要自己創造出一條bass line,因為前幾集都是演奏固定的音。
這集開始，要移動左手了。
（tony示範演奏）你可以把tony的 bass line 學起來，也可以創造你自己簡單的bass line。
當你set好一個固定的bass line 後，右手可以開始即興（或右手左手一起即興），…
Chinese translation for Chinese students
這集我們一樣要講如何練習bass line, 和給大家一個小方法。
在演奏solo時，踏板止音要跟隨的是旋律單音，而不是和弦。
因為如果踏板跟隨著和弦去止音，忽略旋律，會導致旋律混在起，所以最終得去用棒子止旋律音，
但是當你在演奏快速的曲子時，那會變成一種阻礙，
也許你會因此而拍子不穩，或是失去feel。
所以這集要講的重點是，練習止音跟隨著bass line，
不管左右手分開演奏，…
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Hi guys I hope you're having a great week!!!
here's my solo arrangement of Stella: in this lesson I'm talking about voicings and substitution that I use expecially cluster voicings and upper structures.
If you have question please leave a…
Chinese translation for Chinese students
把bass line 也當成一種旋律，去思考如何止音的乾淨，如何選擇音，
不要特別把它當成bass line，而是把它當成另外一個旋律，除了主旋律以外第二條的旋律。
試著在樂器上面演奏bass line，然後在上面即興演奏一些音
看完這支影片時，先不要繼續看下一集，先去樂器前，想想如何演奏一個bass line
也許你會發現跟我一樣的問題，或著你會發現新問題。
在你還沒有任何想法前，…
I borrowed the schools vibraphone this summer. I've had it for two months. It did not have a cover and was in my back garage but I dusted it every other day. I've been playing it off and on all summer but I have to take it back next week…
I just finished to read his biography and now I want to dedicate a tune to great pianist Thelonious Monk one of the biggest influence in my playing.
The song is "Rhythm a ning" from the Thelonious Monk Repertoire played by Oirquartett.…
Hey All,
September is coming up fast. Some highlights of the September show:
Something old - Red Norvo and "September Song"
Something new - Joe Locke, from his new Love Is A Pendulum, "For Jesse Mountain"
Something blue - Behn Gillece on…
Hello vibes workshop, I hope everyone is having a great summer!
Duo playing is one of my favorite configurations. I wanted to share with you a video from my duet project with guitarist Brad Shepik.
This particular one is a live studio…
