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Here's a short clip of Blue in Green that I recorded on an M55 from 1968 that I picked up last year. It still needs some tweaking here and there with the dampening system, but it's a lot better than what it was. It was in pretty bad shape when I got it. The bars from this time period were beautiful. They speak so quickly and sound great.

There are lots of great solo performances by pianists and guitarists. This video takes a look at a few techniques that these instruments employ and tries to adapt them to the vibes. Hey, why reinvent the wheel?

Hello,

So, Harvey was in Greece for a week to participate to 2012 ISME conference Thessaloniki before the workshop and we had great time. The delaware steel is really amazing. I remember when we were going to rehearse and I started to set up the vibes to play with them I just stopped and listen to them. It was awesome!!! Never heard a band like this before. I would like to thanks Harvey Price for giving me the opportunity to play with this great band. Below is the tune Astrud we played on the national conservatory of Thessaloniki (Greece) and it was a part of a workshop concert.

Yo,

This tune by Pat Metheny is titled Letter from Home and was featured on a CD of the same name that Pat put out in the 1990s.

The left hand accompaniment is mostly single line arpeggios which provide rhythmic movement and keep the piece flowing. The right hand uses octaves occasionally, which really sound good on vibes.

This is the First time This tune has every been played out and the first run thru for us .. the night was feeling good, so i pulled it out. I think i posted a lead sheet of this on the site back in 2009 ... its only 2 minutes long and was the only video that was taken at the gig .. via a cell phone so the Quality isnt that great .. but hey .. ya all get to see wat TMac does in southern oregon ....

IF anyone remembers the little handheld "20Q" gadgets where you could answer 20 yes or no questions and it would almost ALWAYS accurately tell you what you were thinking of, I just found an old one. It's first guess for me thinking of Vibraphone was Piano (i was impressed), and then it guessed treadmill (much less impressed). More evidence that we are a rare breed!

Here is a pretty good first video. Probably the most famous solo vibe performance of all time. Thank you, Gary.

Simple Etude. Play F# B C# E up and down your instrument. Try it fast. Hard right? I think of these as asymmetrical arpeggios.

Just do that for a few weeks and then come back to it, every now and then. I just did it yesterday and I sucked at it! Your turn!