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More From the 91 Year Old Vibe Payer
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Angelo the 91 year old vibe player (maybe the oldest professional working vibe player) write me now regularly. He always asks me to post the letters for everyone to read! here's the latest. he's really interesting and his advice is good!…
15 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
How many tunes start with a minor 7 flat 5 chord?
tedwolff
Content type: Story
Tony recently put up a dampening exercise based on the changes for Stella. Ensuing comments on his posting examined the E-7b5 chord at the beginning of the tune. Tony suggested I start a post with a challenge for us to find as many tunes…
15 years 5 months ago - 18 comments
Rootless
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Here's an interesting study. Print this etude out and learn it. At some point you should realize what tune it is. Then realize that there are no roots in the chords except at the beginning and at one spot where I added it by mistake.…
15 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
Practice
JoePorter
Content type: Forum topic
Hi all, new to the website it's fantastic! Abit about myself: I'm entering my third year of percussion studies at the University of Lethbridge under Adam Mason. I started playing vibraphone about 7months ago by volunteering in jazz band…
15 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Coming out of hiding:)
David Friedman
Content type: Post To a Group
I have a suggestion: Since this isn't a teenage chat sight, or a lonely hearts,"Hope to meet someone nice" site, why don't we all go by our real names? I find it a bit irritating if I want to say something to a specific member, or answer a…
15 years 5 months ago - 23 comments
Multiple keys.
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Ok. So I just finished watching Tony's video series over Stella and I realized something.... I rarely work things through 12 keys. I once tried to learn Stella in C and failed miserably. I keep hearing over and over about working in all…
15 years 5 months ago - 6 comments
Stella Duet Version 1
Jon Letsky
Content type: Audio Player
Hey Tony, I think this version is a litte better with keeping the time. I'll check my schedule and get back to you with a few nights this week. Let me know what you think! Thanks for the help!
15 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
My One And Only Love Etude #2
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Here's another etude over the tune 'My One and Only Love'. You put the chords in. It's a chord etude based on quarter notes. You can see the top note of the chord and the up and down of the melody. You can see where there's a chord and…
15 years 5 months ago - 6 comments
The Music, You and the Night
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I was practicing You and the Night and the Music, tonight and thought I'd whip something up for the site. So here's a sort of duet. I figured out the vibe part and started messing around and adding some other parts and it turned into a…
15 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Name That Tune
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a solo I did with my improv class. I'll post it with bass, but I thought first for fun, that I'd put it up with no accompaniment and see if you guys can guess what tune it is that the solo is over. Then we can work on the tune.
15 years 5 months ago - 7 comments
Blue Monk. Critique please.
Jdoubleday
Content type: Video Embed
This is just me practicing Blue Monk. Any tips or suggestions are appreciated! Anything that can help me to be better! I promise I will upload some 4 mallet stuff soon. Thanks, -Joe Doubleday
15 years 5 months ago - 22 comments
video and audio compression
vibraman
Content type: Blog entry
i´m a little upset.i got relative good recording mics and euipment and the sound of my video´s in the uncompressed original format is always good.but if i compress it to make it fit to youtube the sound always gets bad.anyone of you has…
15 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Pedal To the Metal - All Parts by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a dampening etude. Put the pedal down and leave it down for the whole etude. Dampen every note until the very end where it's indicated to let the notes ring. There's also a quite different accompaniment part if you want to use it.…
15 years 3 months ago - 15 comments
Comping for Self?
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Ok, I see all these videos of you guys comping for yourself. How do you do it? I'm sure it's not a simple answer. I recently had a gig filling in for my jazz piano teacher on vibes. it was a trio setting and i could not for the life of me…
15 years 5 months ago - 11 comments
Musser comes through!
jamesshipp
Content type: Story
Hi Folks- Been awhile since I dropped in... looks like lots of exciting stuff is happening around here! Just wanted to post to let everyone know that I somehow lost my entire M46 crossbar and pedal assembly between the 55 Bar and my house…
15 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Remember by Shelley Carrol Group
DanaSud
Content type: Audio Player
I was sight reading this song. The melody rhythm Shelley plays on the sax isn't what is written on the page. It took me stepping on him a couple times before I got the change. I like this song. It was running through my head for a…
13 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
Approaching the Changes of Giant Steps
tmackay
Content type: Blog entry
well here is the start.... this is an idea on how i get around Gaint steps... I have only done the first Cycle of the progression, however, this idea should be continued to the other cycle that starts not the Bmaj7 but rather on Gmaj7.…
15 years 5 months ago - 11 comments
Bach Chorale "Ach Gott Und Herr" pdf
jdapercussion
Content type: Story
Attached is the Bach chorale "Ach Gott Und Herr" redone/arranged for 4 mallet solo vibes. The original key is Cmaj. These are great for learning theory (voice leading, etc), 4 mallet chording and sight reading. Enjoy.
15 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Mallet Wrapping PLEASE
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Can someone please post a video or some easy to follow instructions on how to wrap mallets for those of us that are a bit slow. I want to wrap my own mallets and find a good sound and I think a video on how to do it would be great. Also,…
15 years 5 months ago - 11 comments
Mozart to Coltrane's Giant Steps Part 4
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
PART 4 Academic but still might be interesting to anyone studying Giant Steps. Doc Chittum is a very loved faculty member at Uarts. He does a lecture each year where he ties Giant Steps all the way back to Mozart. The lecture is pretty…
15 years 4 months ago - 25 comments
My Funny Valentine by Shelley Carrol group
DanaSud
Content type: Audio Player
On Friday I got a last minute call to go play at the Scat Jazz Lounge in Ft. Worth with Shelley Carrol. Here is "My Funny Valentine" as requested by the audience. Ardina Lockhart - vocal Shelley Carrol - sax Shawn Pickler - drums Chris…
15 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Mozart to Coltrane's Giant Steps Part 1
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
Academic but still might be interesting to anyone studying Giant Steps. Doc Chittum is a very loved faculty member at Uarts. He does a lecture each year where he ties Giant Steps all the way back to Mozart. The lecture is pretty amazing.…
13 years 10 months ago - 6 comments
Bird With Strings - Just Friends by Charlie Parker -V
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
My favorite lick I think. Bird With Strings. Bird plays on the intro right before the head. I've always loved this line. I think I've mentioned it recently but here's the actual lick. That album is really great.
7 months ago - 2 comments
Ed Saindon videos from DeKalb, IL gig
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Hello everyone, I just added several more videos to YouTube. The clips are from a gig (outside of Chicago) which took place on April 20th, 2009. The band features: Rodrigo Villanueva - drums, Doug Stone - soprano and tenor sax, John Tate…
15 years 5 months ago - 14 comments
Ed's CD Depth of Emotion
tonymiceli
Content type: Images
15 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
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