Here is a lesson geared to the beginning/intermediate player on navigating turnarounds. The audio file goes along with the PDF, so I recommend looking at it while you listen or beforehand. I plan to add some more to this in a future lesson. Let me know if you find this helpful.
-Tyler

Cop this lick. You know the line itself has all the information we need. No need for chords here, right?

But if you get good at comping with just the left hand, that is playing double stops on the fly, you can add the 4 mallet "vibe". Just by hitting a couple double stops you create the vibe. You hear guitar players do this all the time!

I've attached a pdf as well.

So, I am on this 70's Rhodes piano kick. Here is another great tune from that era, "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_in_Love

I put my new motor on real slow for this one. I wanted a lot of ringing to get that airy feel of the original. I tried dampening the melody while the chords rang.

I like the stereo separation here. Melody on the right, chords on the left.

Barry

Hi all,

Here's a lesson with some ideas for playing lines over the TOTM, Fried Bananas. Enjoy!

Behn

Wouldn't it be cool to get back to our old tradition: the "Who is" posts?
If you want to know what a "Who is" is and read some of them, they are all here:
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/book/who-book/tonymiceli/031309

So my question today is... but for God's sake who is Babu? Huh? :o)

Transcribe this!

This is me playing Kai Stensgaard's brilliant "Concerto Mexicana"

The Piece is in Three movements.

The second and third movement can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_4bcEX7MQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJ_BAIEVhs&feature=related

hope you like,

Joe

i dug frits' solo!

I was inspired by Steve Shapiro's post today (see link, above), to play a tune originally performed on Rhodes electric piano, "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel. I just spent a couple hours on it tonight, but wanted to post what I had anyway.

Here is Fritz Landesbergen playing When You Wish Upon A Star on the new machine, sorry about the background, enjoy

John