Here is the full etude. The etude (as written) is monophonic with just lines written out. I added 4 mallet stuff to work on getting it into my vocabulary. It's always funny how long it takes for this stuff to really sink in. I think that's what is interesting about what we do compared to what classical musicians do, having been on both sides of the fence. If I were to learn this as just a classical piece, I would be done with it. I learned it and played it with minimal errors. But as a jazz musician, I am just scratching the surface of getting 4 mallet stuff into my improvising.

After David's lesson Dim had a try and he sounded great.

John

This is a great lesson by David based on structures of the b5 of the dominant chord. It creates that "out" sound played over an F Blues. Thoroughly enjoyable lesson. Enjoy

John

Hey guys,
Normally I hate play alongs, because as david friedman said to the workshop last year, it's better to create our own play alongs because in that way we learn the tune in many concepts, but I recorded this tunes with play along just for fun. It's not something special, just messing around with lines and stuff. Thanks

dimitris

John Keene's sent me this photo of Richie Havens and his parents and someones vibraphone. Wow, 2.5 octaves from C.

Hey guys,

I was working on something today, and decided to make it into a little video for VW... my first lesson here.
Hope u enjoy.

Steve

Here's a good line for rhythm changes on the bridge.

I was showing Marie this this morning. I dunno how familiar everyone is with the 1 o'clock, but they are worth checking out. Check out this incredible composition by their director, Scott Wiest.

Tarik is one of our oldest members on the site. And MAN has he come a long way as a player. He's one of our success stories! He could even be our poster child!

So let's wich Tarik a very happy birthday!

An unofficial question here: I'll be in Romania for a vibes festival March 12th. That night will be me and David Friedman, I'm opening up for him, and we'll play a tune together! That's GREAT!

Then I'm around all day tuesday. And I thought: The festival will be amazing! So why not see if anyone wants to come to the festival and then on the day after my performance do a FREE workshop at the University nearby.

Anyone interested? Any European cats nearby want to come? Friedman might be around Tuesday, maybe I can get him to stop by as well. We'll see.