Just thought I'd post this.

Simple ideas that will help keep the harmony moving.

Hey guys,
I am curently working on rythm changes and I thought I post something quick. I am playing the changes with the metronome on 4, in 3 diffrent tempos.
Thanks

Earl Scruggs died today. He was the Charlie Parker of the banjo. He was one heavy guy. I got to see him play once when I was a little kid. Way before I even played music. RIP, Earl

This is just to give you an idea of a concept and way of playing.

It eventually will let you play lines with two mallets while using your outside left mallet to comp.

Check out the pdf below.

You should know the tune. Write in the names of all the chords. Play all the voicings in time. Once you have it down, add rhythms.

Hey,
This is a lesson of how you can use classical improvisation to practise technique (mainly scales).Oh, When I say "I think you will love this lesson" I mean "I hope you find this lesson helpfull".

Thanks
Dimitris

Help is needed.

Sometimes I read people explaining how to simulate the vibraphones vibrato effect when using a pickup system.
In most of these cases it is explained as a tremolo effect.

I think this is not really the case.
Let's take a closer look on what is happening.

1. a fully opened resonator amplifies the fundamental tone of the bar.
2. when you close the resonators, the amplification of the bar is less
3. with a fully opened resonator, the pitch of the tube is almost similar to the pitch of the bar