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So 2 great workshops this summer! I'm amazed at what how vibe players can grow in one week of hard work! It's really cool because I meet vibe players from all over the world now. It's all the same, you work hard you get better! I'm amazed…
13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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A few years ago, I did a lesson where I talked about minor surround tones. I feel like surround tones are often discussed over dominant and minor, but not major as often. So I decided to talk a little about how to surround chord tones on…
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Here is my recording of the Dave Friedman dampening and pedaling Etude 20. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
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HELLO. RECENTLY I PRACTISE A LICK FROM A BEHN'S LESSON AND 4 LICKS CAME UP IN THE SPOT AND I STARTED WORKING ON THEM IN 12 KEYS, FIRST PLAY AS WRITTEN AND THEN MAKE MY OWN VERSIONS (BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A LICK PLAYER, I WANT TO…
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Performing Red Norvo's Dance of the Octopus on Marimba.
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Ethan is worn out on day 5 of the workshop in Delaware!
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All the Things I Can Eat
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Here we go. At the end of each Delaware workshop comes the vibraphone parade!
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David talked at the Delaware 2011 workshop about the time when he wanted to work on wide intervals... So he grabbed paper and would just write anything on paper and then play this etude. Just dots, and then he'd make the rhythms on the fly…
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Hi all, Here's another clip from some gigs I did recently in Chicago. This is one of my tunes called "Little Echo". Hope you like it! Behn
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Loose Wheels
Mike Horsfall
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One of the wheels on my M-51 Musser vibe falls out. Does anyone have any tips on where to go to get this fixed. Thanks. MH
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Young musicians beginning their career at this level...
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Right across the way from us is a GREAT xylo workshop with the great Bob Becker teaching 10 percussionists from all over the world about the world of ragtime. Here's a piece that features a great Philly percussionist Harvey Price. He's…
13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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I'm curious about other people's experience with mallet break in. I have a set of mallets that sounded really harsh (i.e. too hard) when I first played them and now they sound really great. A few years ago I bought the now discontinued…
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Dave is talking about minor voicings.
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Mario Diciutis Jams on the MalletKat with David Friedman on vibes.
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I played on a great instrument tonight in Ireland. It's a Premiere. I forget the model, but it's an incredibly portable instrument. And I think it sounds really good. What bummed me out and caused me to write this blog tonight is John told…
13 years 1 month ago - 17 comments
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Hey Everyone, Hope you're enjoying the summer heat! And what better way to enjoy summer heat than to checkout the Manhattan Vibes at Birdland in NYC??? Here are the details: Who: Manhattan Vibes Christos Rafalides: vibes Sergio Salvatore…
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An excerpt from David Friedman's Workshop. Here he's talking about common tones.
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Hey everyone. Open house for our Delaware workshop this Wednesday. Open house starts at around 1pm. Then if that's not enough! We'll stream a vibe hang from the U of Del featuring David Friedman and Bob Becker. That will start at 6.…
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This etude has a similarity to Etude No. 7, but focuses more on mallet dampening with ringing chords underneath. PDF is attached. Behn
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