Beginner

Because you're not in an environment where you are playing and keeping your hands in shape.

If you can blow over Cherokee at 300 BPM then you probably don't have to play technical exercises if you don't want to. You can just blow over tunes and work out your hands.

But for a lot of players new to the instrument you can't do that, so then it's important to play scales and other technical exercises and to work up speed.

Not much more to say about that. IMHO :)

Aloha Vibesworkshop,

This is my first attempt for a video lesson, via my GoPro Hero aka the entry level gopro.

I have been coming to the vw since 2007 and remember one of the first lessons that tony put up with the vibes in front of the washer and dryer .. Bravo to tony and everyone who continually makes this site a great place to connect..

For the past couple years I have been blessed to get back my career as a vibist. ( had to give up playing due to health and hand problems ).... its a blessing to be back and playing with no pain.

Hi guys here's my new lesson that will help you understand better how to connect chords using commen tones: basic knowledge of root position and inversion of chords is required.
I wrote this exercize thinking about Bach corales and his way of expressing the melody through melodies: it is important to pay attention to the movement of each note of the chord, considering the harmony not only horizontally but also vertically, as if each of our mallets were a distinct melody line of a four voice choir or a string quartet.

For the holidays, I've been playing through arrangements of tunes from Josh Gottry's collection, "A Christmas Vibe." None of the arrangements are too difficult, just fun to play through for the season. Here's me playing one of my favorite Christmas tunes, "Pat-A-Pan." Happy Holidays!

Very important for vibe players to watch!