Restricting your options is a great way to get freed up on the vibes.
This piece, a sarabande from Sonata IV in D minor, is a slow thoughtful piece and a good 4 mallet exercise. Use the 4 mallets for melody lines as well the block chords. For instance, in bar 6 you’ll find it handy to use 4 to play the wide intervals in the line. The same approach should be used in bar 23 where the melody line jumps around a lot.
well here is the start.... this is an idea on how i get around Gaint steps...
I have only done the first Cycle of the progression, however, this idea should be continued to the other cycle that starts not the Bmaj7 but rather on Gmaj7.
Enjoy more to come
Here's a quick and dirty cop this groove. I'm just trying out a new inexpensive camera and I wanted to shoot something quick and I had a 'Cop This Groove' lesson in mind. So I just did a quick recording. Very imperfect but the groove is still there. So cop it!!
This is a LONG but great lesson.
Who can play this etude? I'll buy Giovani's cd for the first person to post their version.
Two choruses playing the melody along with the accompaniment.
Feel free to change the rhythms of the melody and try to embellish the melody with grace notes, passing notes, fills, etc.
In terms of the accompaniment, try to get the harmony (including tensions) across either with voicings or counterpoint.
Try to get both hands to help each other out. The left hand can come up to help the right hand play the melody and the right hand can go down to fill out a voicing along with the left hand. Also, dampening is important when playing counterpoint against the melody.