Beginner

Hey,

What I'm posting here, is an improvisation I've been using for the last months simply to warm myself up, before actually doing lessons, or studying things. I'm a bit done with it, so as a closure, so to say, I'll post one.

It all began with the tune 'I'm still here' from Tom Waits in my head. (O yeah, I'm a huge Waits fan, so it's not the last time you'll hear me talking of him.) For those who don't know this song, here is a link.

I'm still here

I hope I did OK. Feedback is welcome so I know on what to work.

greetings
Stefan

Hey,
a couple of days ago, I hit by accident a combination I thought was interesting. It led to this.

I hope you like it.
Stefan,

Hello,

So after a zillion of takes I finally got one I dare to share. :-) You see I get nervous if I know people can hear me. especially playing sheetmusic, not so much when I improvise.

I started using the metronome with this one, because I was really lazy regarding speed. It was really confronting. Not only was I waaaaaay to slow, but I had no steady rhytm. the parts I knew I played too quick, the one I had problems with, too slow. and when done I just said : "there, I can play it".
I definetly need to continue on using it.

I made this for a student and thought I'd share it. We did it on the fly.

Practice page one in all the keys. Also page two.

Use the closed and open positions and then go through all the open and closed voicings. Remember the rules are the same as you move to the SAME notes to other voicings. If a note moved in one voicing it WILL move to the same place in all the other voicings.

Page three just analyze.

Remember: you don't need the roots. It's not Emin7 It's Cmaj. UNLESS you see an F# then it will sound more like Emin 9 than Cmaj7.

This little tune is titled Tribute. It is arranged here for 4 mallet solo vibes. Beginning students should find this piece an excellent example of how to accompany a melody on the vibes. It’s not technically difficult, but it is a good sounding piece, suitable for performance. The audio example includes some improvisation too. It’s important to note that you don’t have to obtain super technique to get a nice full sound.

This is great stuff to study. And we're taking it slow, so practice in all the keys. I think these lessons will help many of you guys!

Another xylo lesson that would definitely help beginning improv vibe players.