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Melodic Structures -V
giovanniperin
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Hi Vibes Lovers in this lesson I talk about a powerful tool that I got from Gerry Bergonzi called melodic structures.  Those are motivic cell used for creating melodies:  1-2-3-5 in Major 1-b3-4-5 in minor   www.…
2 years ago - 0 comments
Triadic lines -V
giovanniperin
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In this video I'll cover different strategies and approaches for creating lines using simple triads. The idea is pretty easy and comes from the triadic harmonization of both major and minor scales. Hope you can get something helpful out…
2 years ago - 2 comments
Israel - TOTM
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Great tune to study! It's a blues, but a little different minor blues.
4 years ago - 0 comments
Color Code M55G
wyndorps
Content type: Forum topic
Does anyone know the color code for the gold of the resonance tubes on the M55-G ?
4 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
Drums in the vibes mics
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
In a recent post, I was asked about how I would keep the drums out of the vibes mics.  It's an age-old problem that nearly all of us have experienced. Obviously, in a recording studio, the answer is to banish the drummer to a booth.…
4 years ago - 6 comments
Beginners Music Theory Books of fundamentals
Bob_DeMaio
Content type: Forum topic
Scales & lines, chords & changes, phrasing & modes, oh my! I feel a bit like the lion in The Wizard of Oz ;-) I have been sifting through the site for a few days and I have had some success at trying to learn online. I am a…
14 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
Israel - Our Next Tune Of The Month
tonymiceli
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I've been playing the tune Israel. I really like it and discovered some cool things. So I thought I'd do a tune of the month on it!    So start learning it! 
4 years ago - 1 comments
Friedman Etude 8
Ritterpc
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Demonstration of David Friedman Etude number 8 with a focus on mallet muting. 
4 years ago - 0 comments
Everything I love -V
David Friedman
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Just got a new Malletech marimba I'm totally in love with the sound. It's Padauk, not rosewood, so it has its own sound, which appeals to me after playing rosewood marimbas for so many years. The bar spacing is a little different so that's…
2 years ago - 5 comments
Mike Mainieri with WDR Big Band
tonymiceli
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What else to say, this is amazing! 
4 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
What's Your Perspective On the Vibes? How do you see it?
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
What do you see when you play the vibes. What's your perspective? I always saw it as a guitar or even a violin (after studying Bach). Never really saw it as a piano. But yes it looks like a piano and there are many similar things. I guess…
14 years 4 months ago - 12 comments
Billy Wooten (Anyone know of him?)
tonymiceli
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Randy just sent me this.  I can't imagine playing with this band, it sounds loud. But you can hear Billy! 
4 years ago - 1 comments
March Newsletter, 2022
tonymiceli
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  Want to Learn More about the Vibraphone? Over 1,500 lessons and over 20,000 posts about the vibraphone.  Join for only $9.99 a month and study with us. Support the largest vibe community in the world! ...…
4 years ago - 0 comments
Canaro en Paris by Martin Ghersa
Babu
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Here is traditional tango very weel played by an authentic argentin player. He is 34 years old, and he plays with a lot of bands in Buenos Aires, some of them new tango (Piazzolla and his musical's sons). Perfect tecnician, and for me the…
14 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
Chord Expansions on Tenderly - Tim Collins
tonymiceli
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5 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
Chord Melody for Fly Me To The Moon
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
This for my student, but it's for all. it's a VERY QUICK and dirty chord version of Fly Me To The Moon. Done in about 15 minutes. Good enough for what Frank needs, but you're welcome to check it out.
4 years ago - 1 comments
Chords and Voicings
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I was just blown away looking at our Vbooks section. That is Virtual Books.    I was putting something in the chords section and I couldn't believe how many lessons were in there!  The thing about vibesWorkshop is you…
4 years ago - 0 comments
You Fill In The missing Voicing
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Here are three, two five, one progressions.  Good voice leading for the most part is lazy voice leading. That means:  you usually won't move the note if it's in the next chord. you will move whatever voicings have to move…
4 years ago - 0 comments
"Four to the Bar" Tutorial on Stars Fell On Alabama
ed saindon
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Guys, here's a tutorial on the "four to the bar" style on Stars Fell On Alabama. Had some fun with adding the hats. I use to do this with piano but not vibes, so it needs tweaking. Would have picked a smaller/thinner and quieter set of…
4 years ago - 1 comments
Assembling a Tune - Part 1 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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After you know the chords and the melody what are some ways of assembling tunes? I believe that without a foundation with the tune, it's going to be hard to 'tame' it. Even though I don't always practice what I preach, knowing the melody…
3 months 3 weeks ago - 2 comments
Freddie Green Style - By David Friedman
David Friedman
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8 years 1 month ago - 11 comments
Voicings Print Out
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I made this for a student and thought I'd share it. We did it on the fly. Practice page one in all the keys. Also page two. Use the closed and open positions and then go through all the open and closed voicings. Remember the rules are the…
8 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
Playing The Melodies To Tunes -V
behng
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Behn came over today to pick up some mallets we started talking about melodies and playing lines. So I asked Behn to play a tune with only melodies and lines, no chords and then talk about it. Here's what came out.
1 year 10 months ago - 20 comments
Remember the V Chord! by Behn Gillece -V
behng
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Remember the V Chord!
2 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
All The Things You Are Simple Solo To Transcribe
tonymiceli
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Here's a simple solo I did for a student. All the things you are.  He's doing the following:  Learn the solo (don't write it down) play it along with the recording every day play each chord and then play the part of the…
3 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
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