From my book: "The Vibraphone Virtuosity Series - Advanced Progressive Etudes - Multi-Stylistic 2 & 4
Mallet Studies For Solo Vibes
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I've been loving the lessons that Behn has been posting about the tune. I have been playing it for a while and, in fact, have been using it for some of my most recent experiments. Yes to everything that Behn has been saying! We all have to practice and there are a lot of different productive ways to do it. Here a few thoughts about how I practice a tune like this.
The Arrival of Victor Feldman
Track 1 Serpent’s Tooth
Victor plays vibes. Early Miles Davis tune.
Track 2 Waltz
Chopin waltz that starts with piano, then vibes and back to piano. The track reminds me of MJQ.
Track 3 Chasing Shadows
A Victor Feldman original. Has a bebop feel. Played on piano.
Track 4 Flamingo
Nice ballad played on vibes. Tim Collins did a video on this tune.
Track 5 S’posin’
Starts on vibes, comps on piano during the bas solo and goes back to the vibes for the solo.
Blue Bossa melody and chords.
Open closed minor 7th chords keys of ab, b and f.
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David Friedman’s dampening etude #2.
David Friedman dampening etude 1.