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Lessons with Teddy
David Friedman
Content type: Story
Reading the posts about Teddy Charles reminded me of my own relatively short but equally intense time of study with this great jazz iconoclast and master vibes player. When I was at Juilliard in the 60's, my teacher, Morris Goldenberg,…
4 years ago - 4 comments
3 Interesting Chord Voicings that Shouldn't Work but do!
Oliver_M37
Content type: Video Upload
OK, a bit of a clickbait title, yes, but it's true! All three voicings I'll show you in this video have no third, which is usually the one note we absolutely need! We shall explore why that's the case.
4 years ago - 2 comments
Let's Discuss Gary's Autobiography - Spoiler Alert
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Questions? Thoughts? What did you think? Let's talk about his book, here. I have some things to say but I'll wait. How about some of you start. Gary will check in to answer questions and comment (I'm pretty sure).
4 years ago - 50 comments
Line Building Blocks Exercise Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece -V
behng
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Line Building Blocks Exercise
1 year 9 months ago - 3 comments
Who played vibes on Ella Fitzgerald's "Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas?"
Oliver_M37
Content type: Blog entry
For all the vibes history nerds out there, who played vibes on Ella Fitzgerald's "Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas?" My guess is Victor Feldman, as he's worked with Ella and Frank DeVol (the conductor/arranger) on other occasions, I…
4 years ago - 4 comments
DIY fans for vibes (Download - Link)
wyndorps
Content type: Blog entry
Here is the link to download my DIY vibration unit for vibraphones. I chose this forum for the download because all the information about 3D printing is available there. After this cathastrophic year of 2021, things can really only get…
4 years ago - 0 comments
Henry Wilson (my student at NEC) playing a vibes solo of Papirosyn
Jerry Leake
Content type: Audio Player
The solo piece played by Henry Wilson is called Papirosn. It is an old Yiddish Theater song about a little boy trying to get by in the ghetto selling cigarettes and other things. Henry changed the harmony and melody quite bit for this…
4 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
New Late Night Mallets Designed by Myself and Leigh Stevens!
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Click here for more info Soft, quiet, but articulate Super soft, nearly silent, slurring articulation
4 years 1 month ago - 18 comments
Solo Playing Vibe Techniques, Thoughts and Approaches as applied to "Yesterday"
ed saindon
Content type: Story
Here are some solo techniques, thoughts and approaches related to my solo vibraphone clip of Paul McCartney’s "Yesterday" on my YouTube channel. Execute runs allowing some notes to ring while dampening others for a better sense of…
4 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
Solo Playing - How Deep Is The Ocean - Pt. 5b by Behn Gillece -V
behng
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The last 4 measures!
1 year 11 months ago - 0 comments
Introducing my NEC student, Henry Wilson, playing Prelude to a Kiss
Jerry Leake
Content type: Audio Player
Henry Wilson is an up-and-coming vibes player who studies with me at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He came to me with lots of excellent skills and we've been diving into solo jazz repertoire as well as some groove ideas…
4 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Just in Time Vibes duet
Zeric138
Content type: Video Embed
I've been taking lessons from another local vibes player around here and, and in lieu of Tony's TOTM, asked if we could do a duet on Just In Time - here it is! Thought it'd be good to share as we're all working on the tune. Any critique or…
4 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Amazing Grace arr. by Franz Bauer
Franz Bauer
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It was time for a new Vibes-Solo Video and i always liked this melody. It's seems so simple, but...
4 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Shady Lady - Original Composition - Vibraphone Solo by David Kovins
davidkovinsvibe
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4 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Chord Etude
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Click on the brackets on the bottom right of the video box and you can watch in full screen mode. Also print out the etude which is attached to this lesson.
4 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
What happened to December's Good Vibes
gloria krolak
Content type: Event
Hey, For those of you who've asked what happened to December's Good Vibes, we've had a router failure at JazzOn2 and, like many things these days, a replacement couldn't be found in time to air much of this month's programming. We're…
4 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Behns Just In Time Pop Up Class Will Be 12/15
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I'll give behn this link. he can post his zoom creds here.
4 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
The 2 Methods of Moving Chords Around (AKA "planing")
Oliver_M37
Content type: Video Upload
Hello everyone, Here's another lesson about voicings. The common theme of all these recent lessons is trying to extrapolate as many different possible voicings as we can out of a sing idea. You take any four notes, and you can do all these…
4 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Chord Scales for Major Chords - Ionian, Lydian, Harmonic Major, Double Harmonic Major
Oliver_M37
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Hello everyone, As with the previous lesson on dominant chord scales, I want to stress that just playing scales correctly won't necessarily produce the best improvisational content, and I think learning scales has a limited value. But…
4 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Getting started with Comping Technique (G. Perin) -V
giovanniperin
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In this video I'll cover the basic of comping technique. It's a refined art that takes years to be developed. It's almost impossible to learn how to comp alone in your practice room: play with other people is the key for learning how to…
1 year 10 months ago - 2 comments
Altered scale strategies (part 1) -V
giovanniperin
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In this video I'll cover different strategies and approaches for creating coherent lines with the altered scale. Hope you can get something helpful out of this lesson. www.giovanniperin.com Follow me ★ facebook https: //www.facebook.com/…
1 year 10 months ago - 0 comments
Altered scale strategies (part 2) -V
giovanniperin
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In this video I'll cover different strategies and approaches for creating coherent lines with the altered scale. If you haven't done please make sure to watch first the part 1 Hope you can get something helpful out of this lesson. www.…
1 year 10 months ago - 0 comments
I can't vouch for this but it looks like a good deal on an M-55G (east)
IndianaGlen
Content type: Forum topic
There is an M55G on Facebook Marketplace that's been there for a few weeks. I know NOTHING about this person or if it's a scam. However, if I lived closer I'd sure give it a look. If you do a FB marketplace search on "Musser Vibraphone…
4 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Friedman 12
JD Dunklee
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4 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Choruses on Orthinology (How High The Moon) based upon Tony's written out chorus
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Some choruses based upon Tony Miceli's written out chorus which is available for download from The Vibes Workshop. The first chorus is Tony's written out solo while the subsequent choruses are improvised using some of Tony's specific notes…
4 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
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