try this out. Easy but might take a moment.

I tuned in our local jazz station and heard one note of a vibist and knew exactly who it was, just by his tone.

I thought it would be fun to create some small snippets to see if you can guess the vibist, including some of our teachers. :-) Answers enclosed. Post the numbers of the ones you guessed correctly.

Have fun,

Barry

Update: Files Vibist 01 to 13 are very short. Per request, I added a few more snippets, about 10 seconds each, 14 to 20; some are repeat vibists and some are new.

Dear all,

I am selling my brand new -4 months old- gigVibe by Vanderplas. I have just agreed to an endorsement contract with a major european instrument maker and, as I am moving countries in September, I want to avoid the costs of moving things around. Needless to say I cannot afford to keep another instrument back home so there you go. I am selling it for 3500 euros for an instrument worth (if I am not mistaken), around 6000.

As fast as you can

Here's one of my new composition dedicated to the memory of the great pianist Bill Evans!!!
if somebody is interested in having a look at the lead sheet let me know!!!
best
Giovanni

In this etude, I took a Parker line from his solo and developed it into different ideas. Keep this in mind when transcribing; get the most out of a single line! Develop the idea for all it's worth.

This is a pretty arrangement of Burt Bacharach's Alfie. It's a timeless tune with a great lyric. Check out Stevie Wonder's version on Youtube. It's killin.

A pdf of this arrangement is included. Remember.....make it sound beautiful!!

I don't know if this is covered elsewhere, but I found a couple of major 7th voicings with crunches (two notes next to each other) in the middle. They are based on two 4ths, or 5ths next to each other. I found the one with 5ths in "I'll Remember April" at the end of the B section.

Examples of Emaj7
4ths: B D# E G# - Sticking B & E left hand 4ths, D# G# right hand 4ths; Leading tone is 3rd of the chord.
5ths: G# D# E B - Sticking G# & D# left hand 5ths, E B right hand 5ths; Leading tone is 5th of the chord.

where 1 = outer left, 2 = inner left, 3 = inner right, 4 = outer right

Hello everyone, if anyone is interested in writing an article related to the vibraphone for the Percussive Arts Society magazine Percussive Notes that would be great. Possible topics: dampening technique; four mallet techniques and exercises, theory related articles on improv concepts, voicings or harmony; concepts and approaches to comping; ideas on classical interpretation say from the Bach Sonatas and Partitas; a transcribed solo with accompanying analysis. These are only a few of many possible topics. Including specific music examples (written in Finale) in the article is preferred.