Having fun today in the basement of the percussion department at Berklee between classes playing a blues in C. Some of the vibe students and I have been working on this style of left hand accompaniment. It's fun and a challenge trying to keep the left hand going while focusing on the right hand improv using syncopation. It's a pleasure to be able to teach and interact with all of the very talented players here. For me, it's energizing.

Midi and other bells and whistles on the vibraphone are a waste of time and energy (in my opinion). Here's why: Synthesizer keyboards are easier to play, better made and already available in many very sophisticated forms at very low prices. AND, they can express "synthetic music" better than a vibraphone trying to be something it isn’t. If you want to play synthesizer, spend a couple of years (or less) practicing a keyboard. You'll be far ahead at the game of synthetic sounds of music than you'll ever will by doing it on a vibraphone-shaped object emulating something else.

Milt at his musical best!!!

Hey Folks,
Been a while since I've posted here, just wanted to share a new video of what I've been up to in my new band with the malletkat.

-Tyler

The PDF is a transcription of the Barry Harris video. There is also Chinese explanations!
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Chinese translation is for Chinese students.
PDF有寫下到底他們在討論什麼，然後有採譜和中文翻譯。

Tribute to Bobby Hutcherson with his song "Montara" played on Omega with pickups, effects and looper.

Also, if you are interested, I have a couple 360 videos of duets with a bass on my YouTube channel. If you watch them on the right platform, you can "look around" and zoom in while the video is playing.

https://www.youtube.com/user/DanaSud

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So here's a way we can pay tribute to Gary. Consider this his retirement card.

In the comments, post whatever you want. Play for him, talk about him, post anything. If you have a photo of you and him, send it to me and I'll post it under your name on the page.

When we build this up, I'll invite Gary over to see it. He used to be on the site all the time, but these days I think he's phasing it all out so he won't see this I think.

Chinese translation for Chinese students

Cmajor - Abmajor - F7
因為有些和聲進行可以學到很多，這就是其中一個

Cmajor - Abmajor - F7 =
C (Ionian)- C Aeolian - C Dorian

用很多不同方式練習這組和聲進行：
*演奏單旋律，會幫助聽力，也幫助你演奏單旋律更順暢。
*想辦法找到一些Pattern
*comping
*單手練習（左手/右手）

你也可以找到你自己的一組合聲進行，
然後用以上這麼多方式去練。

Comping的時候要注意，用Side way方式。音階式的方式練習演奏和弦，而不是用轉位的方式，
這樣才能真正的清楚了解每一個細節。