The major scale is the Ionian mode.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students.
今天要講Ionian,
就是大調音階，如果你還不熟悉，要先把每個調的大調練好再來看這支影片。
（Tony示範Ionian出現在生活中的各種聲音）
練習各種不同調式，可以用左手開始，或是右手開始，熟悉棒法。
My office got wind of me taking vibraphone lessons and asked if I was interested in getting together with some colleagues to play our company's annual Christmas party cocktail hour.
It might end up with just vibes and bass but possibly also with sax.
What tunes would you play at a Christmas cocktail hour?
Thanks,
Barry
Here's a more detailed look at the modes. I talk about the sound of the mode and compare it to a major scale.
Another excerpt from the recent online concert with Diane Monroe Quartet
Diane Monroe - violin
Tony Miceli - vibes
Madison Rast - bass
James Shipp - percussion
Here's another great lesson from Joe Locke! This is great! I'm stealing it as you read this!!!! - Tony
More on my Cherokee etude! It's soooo hard.
I'm going to turn it into an etude so some of you can be miserable! I wonder if it's easier with the Stevens grip? I'm working on it and it's getting better!
Gina Ferrera is a local Gyil Player. For us vibe players that's our ancient ancestor.
Here's all of Tony's performances on the site!
I've got some video on modes that I'm editing and will be putting up soon. In this lesson, I go through each mode and talk about it. They'll probably get up early next week.
I'm also working on my Cherokee etude. I shot some video, but I'll see how good it came out. This etude is so hard to play, but i think it opens some doors into 4 mallet playing, or rather has for me. I'll keep at it. I need to work it up to a decent level then record it and write it out!