Good evening,

I already said hello in the shoutbox, but how much can you tell in 1 sentence.....

I live in Belgium and studied percussion as a kid. Back then I really loved the sound of the xylophone, so I told myself I would buy one the minute I could afford it.(Which I did when I had a steady job for a while). But in contrast with owning one, I completely neglected it for years. It was only when my wife and I bought a house that I took it up again several years ago. And due to having kids, and renovationworks it was with ups and downs.

I just watched a fantastic version of Tony playing this tune solo. There's also a beautiful version of David and Tony playing duo on this tune. Some players play this tune in C, but here we are in Eb. Bill Evans plays it in D and Ab (half chorus in each key). It's nice do this transposing thing with Wine and Roses ala Bill Evans (F and Ab, half a chorus in each key). This is a fun tune to play on with nice changes. There's a nice solo transcription of Jerry Bergonzi playing this tune that can be found on the web.

Sometimes I wonder if I don't post too much ! Will you tell me if I don't bother you with all my posts ? .... lol
Actually I work a lot these days and just discovered good recording sofware ( Logic Pro from Apple - GREAT ! ).
So .... I am happy to share with you. Just that.

The dutch vibist René ten Cate did a couple of videos here at vanderPlas Baileo.
Here is the first one on the LW35 with the PRV60 vibe amp.

Hope you like it.

Nico
www.vanderplasbaileo.com

Nico at VDP has now released his vibraphone "leslie" style amp. This looks interesting but I already have a good,small amp that I use with a malletkat (and in a few months with a fabulous new VDP gigvibe with pickups).
Does any body have any suggestions about Leslie style stomp boxes that can do a good version of the vibes motor-on sound ?
The Neo Ventilator has come to my attention, though it seems a bit pricey and I have not heard one with vibes. Demos on the web for these sorts of things are predictably by guitarists.

這邊我們要講到rhythm changes的bridge。
在練習bridge時，不要loop it(反覆連接不斷的打)
而是要打完這八小節回到home key, 停下來，然後再打一次。
試著轉到不同的調，然後連接所有屬和弦的tritone，也就是他們的三音和七音。
一遍又遍的演奏，從簡單的chord outline（和弦音）開始即興，接著試著演奏比較忙的句子，
這個練習會真的幫助到你的屬和弦即興的技巧，
因為平常我們演奏ii- v- i習慣了，常常看到屬和弦，就會演奏altered聲響。但是藉由這個練習，
你可以真正的練習到屬和弦聲響。

上一集已經講到了如何把head練好。
這一級我們要試著把已經練得很熟的head放到不同調中。
這首曲子很適合做這樣的練習，
因為旋律很好記，也很有旋律性（melodic）
當你在演奏不同調時，專心聽，我們的目標是耳朵在solo的時候要聽得到Melodic的東西，
把簡單的東西演奏得好很重要，尤其是要能夠solo很有旋律線條，有意義的句子。
這個練習可以幫助你聽得到簡單又有旋律線條的即興句子。

你的任務是轉到不同調，試著solo一個chorus，然後head out。
在不熟悉的調中，bridge演奏chord outline就好。主要是還是要聽到chord changes。
不要忘記keep swing, keep the tempo。

今天要講的是oleo
首先第一個步驟就是要練好head（主旋律）
看似很簡單，但是其實蠻困難。
要不失去swing，並且對到節拍器，其實不容易。
這也可以是個很好的對節拍器warm up的小練習。
你的任務就是要開啟節拍器，試著練習好幾個星期，用不同的速度（tempo）練。
像是很快的速度其實難度很高，但是這個練習會對你很有幫助。