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I've always admired of how well piano players can play changes with walking bass lines. It's not so easy to accomplish on vibes. The way I attempt this requires some mallet dampening to keep everything sounding full and clean.

To get started you might try writing out a walking line to practice with, but ultimately you want to be able to create your voicings and "walking bass" spontaneously.

Jimmie White did an internship with vibesworkshop.com and part of that internship was to do some lessons for vibesworkshop.com. Here's one and it's a cool one!

Man Friedman rocks! We had a half an hour before a presentation by the xylo guys on George Hamilton Green. David just talked a bit. So check it out!

Here you go Carolyn!

Here's an etude I wrote out for a student a while back. We were exploring Latin Rhythms on the vibes. It's a little tricky.

Another great lesson. Make sure you know it really well!

Here is a video I did a long time ago on the Burton Grip.

The sound is awfull and I don't know if anyone thinks this is helpfull, but I thought I'd share it with you guys. And you can see my practice container on this video.

TJ

I think we've all fallen in love with Joe's tune, 'Sword of Whispers'. I hope you guys all have Joe's CD 'Sticks and Strings'. It's a beautiful CD. Guitar and Vibes were made for each other, and if you didn't know that, this CD will show you. The playing is phenomenal.

I asked Joe if I could write up an arrangement on his tune 'Sword of Whispers' and post it here for subscribers. Joe graciously agreed. So here it is.

I'm also working up a solo version. This tune is so fun to play!

A very simple lesson (In theory). Learn the melody. Play it with the rests. Remember the rests count as much as the notes.