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Mozart - Concerto N° 21 for Piano by Marie (messing around with Wolfgang!)

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The other day I came across this beautiful Mozart concerto... Simplicity I thought: that's for me! :o)

So I went to the vibes and tried, worked, recorded, redid, mainly by ear, then a bit checking out the score. But yes, the work was mainly : what do I hear among the orchestra and what do I feel like being able to transcribe and play on the vibes. As simple as the piece is, I still found it very hard, worked on my dampening (;-), on the harmony, etc.

So there it is, as usual very much imperfect but mine...

- M

Rythmic approach to comping by Dimitris Angelakis

Hello,

I think as far as the comping that it's important to transcribe not only the voicings but the rythm as well. That is the reason I post this lesson in order to get inspired by the rythmic approach from great piano players like Wynton Kelly. I also recorded mine rythmic comping etude with an extra track of me playing solo over this comping. I hope you find this interesting.Pdf and tracks attached.

Thanks

Dimitris Angelakis

Life at vanderPlas Baileo

Life at vanderPlas Baileo

Time to write in the blog again, tho there is not a whole lot to mention.
Life goes on as usual, yet we did change a couple of things here, both on the instruments as in the development.

I got a lot of positive remarks on the tilted bars of the carbonVibe, so I decided to also have the gigVibe available with this enormously comfortable layout. You now have the choice of either fixed flat bars or fixed tilted at an angle of 3 degrees. It is incredible how much that increases comfort.