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Upper Structure with Triads By Mike Pinto
jimmiew
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Cool lesson by Mike Pinto using upper structure triads on the tune My One and Only Love
15 years ago - 0 comments
Dancer In by Chris Varga
chrisvarga
Content type: Audio Player
Hello, my name is Chris Varga and I'm new to the site. I was based in Chicago, but have lived in Seoul, Korea for quite some time now. At Tony's urging, I humbly post a track from my recent album... The record features Kenji Omae on sax,…
13 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
Rudresh Mahanthappa
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I was listening to the tune Baladhi. When the guitar takes a solo Rudresh accompanies him. It was really cool. I learn alot from things like that. Because I think sometimes, ok that's my left hand and i can see how simply i can accompany…
15 years ago - 4 comments
Michael Pinto on Triads and "My One and Only Love" part 3 (improv)
mikepinto
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here is part 3 where I discuss improvising using the upper structure triads on the dominant chords for "My One and Only Love"... For example... In the A section you have a B-7b5 to E7 to A-.... for the E7 I use a G triad as the upper…
15 years ago - 9 comments
Who is toddc?
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Tell us Toddc? Record producer? Drummer? Vibe player?
15 years ago - 12 comments
Friedman Etude No. 1 by Tjaco Oostdijk
tonymiceli
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This is the first etude of the Friedman book. Make sure you dampen the previous note exactly when you play the next note. Pedal should be kept down during the whole etude. Try to get a nice legato sounding melody.
13 years 6 months ago - 5 comments
I Love Jimi!
tonymiceli
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This should help your vibe playing!
15 years ago - 9 comments
University of Delaware
tonymiceli
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Aug 1st - 6th Worskhop at University of Delaware with David Friedman and Tony Miceli
15 years ago - 3 comments
2nd day (3-23-10)
jimmiew
Content type: Blog entry
Today started out a little rough, only got about 3 hours of sleep and had to run off to music theory, mail my application for that whole composition thing and then I ran down to the local drum store to pick up some mallets (Balter 23Rs,…
15 years ago - 2 comments
Michael Pinto on Triads and "My One and Only Love" part 2 (chords)
mikepinto
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In Part 2 I talk about the specifics on how to use the triads with the dominant 7 chords to create harmonic movement. For example. The G7 on the 2nd measure would have an E triad as the upper structure. So voicing it out would look like…
15 years ago - 2 comments
Expectations When Conducting Rehearsals
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I'd love to hear what other people do when they rehearse their bands. I'd especially like to hear about rehearsals with Frank Zappa (if anyone at VW has any experience with that). I heard he rehearsed a lot. I'd also like to hear about…
15 years ago - 8 comments
Technical Thing in Divertimento by Haydn
james_whiting
Content type: Story
Hi Guys. I'm playing this Haydn Divertimento for a technical exam at uni. I want to see what people think about how to do this trill, as 3 mallets are already taken up with the chord played at the same time....All help is appreciated!!!!!…
15 years ago - 4 comments
Tony... stay out of this one - the rest of us want to talk (about you)
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
EVERYTHING this man (tony) does is top notch. Every time he plays the vibes, great music happens. So, why the hell isn't Tony written about in ALL the magazines, booked with top paying gigs and so busy performing that he'd have to hire out…
15 years ago - 14 comments
Who is This Vibe Player?
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
I know this guy but can't think of his name.
15 years ago - 12 comments
Anything But That Method -V
toddc
Content type: Blog entry
Man in general tries to break complex concepts into smaller bite size pieces. Because of time the results and impact of the proposed breakdown is often not apparent. I think how we have broken down the chromatic scale causes the learning…
11 months 1 week ago - 13 comments
My Romance - Harmony Lesson by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a long lesson discussing the harmony to the tune "My Romance". Remember small chunks. I think if you do this lesson as I say, you will learn a ton. It will take a long time for some, but this tune is a masterpiece to study for jazz…
15 years ago - 5 comments
20 forms make a 1000 songs
norbert
Content type: Blog entry
"only after you’ve learned 1,000 tunes do you realize that there are really only about 20 song forms and every tune is a combination of segments of these 20 forms"... I read somewhere on Hal Galper's website. That statement goes with me…
15 years ago - 2 comments
1st day of internship (3/22)
jimmiew
Content type: Blog entry
I have been doing a little work in the books over the past week just to get accustomed to everything and see what all is out there. Started today out a little earlier, I decided to keep up on my AP Music Theory class this week which starts…
15 years ago - 1 comments
Cantaloupe Island by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
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This one also has bad video quality but OK sound. Let me know what you think. Props to the the Keyboard player, Adam Ledbetter, for taking care of the bass with his synthesizer the whole gig.
13 years 5 months ago - 8 comments
gigVibe news
nico
Content type: Blog entry
Last couple of weeks we have been working hard to set up the "sales environment" for the gigVibe. People were asking us for affordability of the instrument, and the availability of several ranges. So we cut down even more on costs on this…
15 years ago - 4 comments
A Couple of Rockers Talk About Volume, Jazz, The Sax and the Trumpet :-)
tonymiceli
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This is pretty funny, especially when they talk about jazz.
15 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
The Who Is Book
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
When someone posts a 'Who Is' they're asking about someone on the site. Inviting them to tell their story. When you get a 'Who Is', it's optional but would be nice to share a little about yourself with us.
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
A Behn Gillece Out Take
tonymiceli
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I just thought this was funny. So I'm passing it on. We all know that Behn's lessons ROCK!!
15 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Forum
tjaco
Content type: Book page
This book will contain announcements, ideas, quetion and all sort of stuff like that.
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Web Links
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
All the weblinks are here.
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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