Vibraphone

I've been playing Little B's Poem every day and working on a solo out of the Omnibook, using it as a sort of etude. Starting to take it through all the keys.

What are you working on? (Always curious)

I just realized that that's another way of describing consistency.

I hope you guys see the importance of working on something, taking a break (less than 36 hours is recommended) and then doing is again and then over again.

This is Christian Tamburr, a GREAT two mallet vibist, at a gig in Florida. Not an unobstructed angle, but a good view of how he works the pedal.

The other instruments were organ, guitar and drums.

I've been practicing Little B's Poem today. I'm reminded on how important it is to work on solo versions of the tune. EVEN if you never get completely to the end, where it's a real solo tune you can play. BUT you get close.

I've realized today that when melodies have roots or 3rds in them that we have to come up with creative voicings., especially with dominant chords. So I've learned a lot today.

I was playing along with the cd and checking out the melody. Then I started to work on it as a solo tune and all this great stuff started happening for me.

Hi,

I thought I could pass this on .

Best,

Nico Farrugia

Hey guys,

This is a GREAT exercise for writing, improvising, and tune learning. The idea is to write a new melody over the chord changes to an old standard tune. You can alter the harmony a little bit here and there to fit your new melody but the idea is that you could call a standard tune everyone knows, but it will sound completely different.

Hi everyone,
Tonight is Good Vibes' special one-year anniversary edition! It airs at the usual time and places but because it is three hours instead of two, the times are a little different: at 8-11pm tonight and 3-6pm on Wednesday (May 4), eastern times. Hope you can listen in.
gloria

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