Vibraphone

Here's the Mancini Challenge.

I have to learn these tunes for an online concert Sunday March 19 at 1pm. We're doing Mancini tunes. He writes a lot of slow and beautiful tunes. Here is a PDF of the tunes we are playing. You should check them out and listen to the originals online.

I have a fellow young musician who thought a couple were very corny. I like corny and Mancini's tunes are so beautiful to me.

Chinese translation for Chinese students

伴奏comping的方式：

不是只能用轉位的方式，而是可以用音階是的方式，
這裡有一個練習方式：

左手：Root+5音，2音＋3音
右手：solo

當你練越多時，會發現越多東西。
例如看到A, C, D，時，你可以放入F，聽起來可以是Cmajor 聲響。

演奏時嘗試演奏的好聽（musical），你會學到更多。

(Tony示範演奏Eb)

重要的是，在練琴的時候，訓練耳朵是重要的，而不是訓練記得音階的形狀(eyes)。
耳朵先練好之後，技巧跟其他東西都會一起慢慢變好。
先喜歡你打的聲音（music）比較重要，之後再慢慢了解並且學習它背後的理論

"I'm A Fool To Want You" - working today on this classic song written in 1951 by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf and Joel Herron. Using my Vic Firth M39 mallets on a Yamaha vibe. I'm pleased with the sound and feel of the new mallets. Enjoying the nuance and subtleties at a soft dynamic level while still sounding full. (My apology for the squeaky pedal. I'll have to bring some oil next time. :) )

Healthly stride vibes playing ! Enjoy

A one chorus solo version of the melody to "You Don't Know What Love Is" recorded during a private lesson today at Berklee.

Here vibes played with real brazilian rythm and feel. Not so often ...

About 10 of you guys did the mini concerts. That's great for us to come together like that. It feels a little like we performed together. So....

What if we pick a tune and all study it together with goals each week. It could even be beginner, intermediate and advanced goals. The point is we all practice together and post our work as if it's a lesson. Which it sort of is right?

What do you guys think?

Chinese translation for Chinese students

四棒技巧，上一支影片我們講到演奏四分音符運用到四支棒子，這裏我們可以討論更多。


以Blues為例子（你可以用任何一首曲子來練習），一開始速度慢，確定都用到四棒。

這個概念很簡單，但是要花時間練習。