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Some people have asked me about beginner classes at the Delaware vibesworkshop workshop. We will have beginner classes each day. And we'll have advanced classes as well. For more info: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/5252
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Walter Bishsop Jr's view of The circle of fifths/fourths. Fourths have always fascinated me although they're a bit baffling too, this is a great description. with four mallets it's four circles at a time in fourth chords, way cool. Spud…
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Hi All, This June marks the beginning of the fifth year of Good Vibes. Hard to believe. I'll be playing a set of three Milt Jackson recordings, and continue to explore newer CDs: Red Norvo's Four Classic Albums, Steve Shapiro's Low…
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I just wanted to post something for us two mallet folks:) It's about Chuck Redd, who I think is a terrific vibraphonist and drummer. He played for years with Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, and many others. I had the pleasure of…
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This photo of Hotel Marina Copan is courtesy of TripAdvisor Hotel Marina Copan Photo: Vintage Marimba and Bass Fiddle are in the common areas on the way to our room. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g292022-d553788-i8…
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Hey everybody, Check out my practice on stella. I am trying to use various techniques for solo vibes. thanks
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With Tony's permission I took the TOTM idea to the harmonica site http://jazzharmonica.org/learn-how-to-play-improvise-jazz-harmonica/ This tune appeared last night on the site, vibraphone, piano bass, drums and chromatic harmonica. By…
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Pat Metheny once said in an interview that playing arpeggios is great for your technique because they make you move quickly up and down your instrument. This etude gets you playing over the entire three octaves and will sharpen your…
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Tonight sometime from 10-11pm I am going to present Christos Rafalides Petros Klampanis duo - point two- at WRTI station. I don't know exactly what time (because we are a lot of students presenting stuff) so stay tunes from 10-11pm to…
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This etude is built on the changes to Blue Bossa. Notice the treatment of the Dm7b5 measures. The ideas over them resemble Fm7 lines, so the tip in this etude is to think a minor third away for half diminished chords; it helps! Enjoy the…
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Here's a nice, simple etude for Tune Up. This is a great etude for getting a start to playing over changes. It's simple, but there's a few challenges in it nonetheless. It will help greatly with playing over ii-V-I's. Enjoy!
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Guys, I just put up some clips on SoundCloud. The clips are from a recent gig with bassist Mark Carlsen. We do a lot of playing together at various Asian restaurants which is great. It keeps us playing. We always have fun playing and the…
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OK you have to be a subscriber. You have to agree to do one VW lesson a month for 3 months and you have to post your work on the site. Maybe tell us if it helped you? First 3 people that promise to do 1 lesson a month minimum for 3…
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This short solo piece was written by Renick Ross and arranged for vibes by Dave Samuels. It's not especially difficult to play and really sounds good. A pdf of the arrangement is included.
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Very late, I know, and with a damper pad which doesn't work properly, but there it is. Cheers. Ton Risco
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Hi .-) Up for sale is a complete set of Van der Plas bar posts including the insulators. I bought these some months ago from Nico, because i had planned to build a simple vibe frame on my own. The intention was to have s simple frame at…
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Peace
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Here is a solo performance of Peace form my Senior Recital.
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Jazz is
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So, I just spent a week or so out in the San Francisco area. It was really nice... Saturday morning, I went out to get some coffee and came back to my hotel. Standing there, waiting for the elevator, I was enjoying that they were…
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