Hey all!

This question is specifically targeted at Tony, but I figured I would post it here so that everyone can benefit.

My question is this....

When playing solo vibraphone and you want to play general harmony, then does it a good idea (or even almost necessary) to start accompanying the specific harmony for yourself?

hello,

i try learn some new tunes so one of these is solar. play in 12 keys, melody solo and comping and then a final track. next tune propably will be four...

thanks

dimitris

Here's my pt. 2 to "Accompany Yourself".

Here's "Triste" from my trio gig last Friday night with Mike Ball on bass and Jack Morash on drums. It's a little noisy -- I had the record levels too low and so I had to boost it. Sounds OK on earbuds but it seemed a little distorted on my car CD player. Hope it works. Enjoy :-).

Tom P.

My final this year in improv class is simple. Students will play Have You Met Miss Jones in 4 keys. Head, Solo, Head. Sounds like it could be simple. But for them it proves to be very difficult.

They have to play in time, and they play solo and they have to make the changes. Those three things in combination are apparently difficult. Well no apparently. Those are difficult things to pull off. Keeping everything in time, and making your line sound like the tune and doing it all yourself with no help.

Another track from my friend's (the bass player) Thelonious Monk Institute Audition Tape.

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Jake Sherman- Rhodes
Greg Chaplin- Bass
Adam Arruda- Drums

Hey guys, I recorded this today for my friend Thelonious Monk Institute Audition tape. He's the bass player.

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Jake Sherman- Rhodes
Greg Chaplin- Bass
Adam Arruda- Drums

Vince plays great bebop lines. Think about this in terms of 4 mallet playing. If your lines are as full as Vinces, this would change your four mallet playing. You wouldn't have to add as much accompaniment. You could if you wanted, the point being the choice would be yours. you wouldn't be relying on it.

Great stuff. I hope you guys work hard on this and the following videos.

Ok, so we studied chords and harmony. I sure hope some of you guys got some stuff out of all that. There was a ton to learn and study!

So I figured before we had back to tunes we should officially study the other side of all this and that's the line... the solo, the melody.

I still believe that for all of us, the line should be first thing. The most important thing.