www.vibesworkshop.com welcomes Joe Locke. Joe says hello and gives some thoughts on his playing.
Well..... We didn't talk about all of the vibraphone techniques but we got a bunch in here!!
Don't know what to Practice? Grab a few of these licks and just go through the keys. Courtesy of bobland.org!
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There is some symmetry on the pan, Victor talks about it here.
So here's another video of my mentor, Steve Giordano. Again listen to him play. I think you can imagine playing most of this on the vibes. For me, this is where the solo playing comes from. We can learn a lot from the guitar.
Just imagine this was a set of vibes.
I'd like to talk a little about categorizing the material you are practicing.
The best thing about a jazz swing bass line is it does 2 things. The first is it is supposed to outline the chord changes very clearly. The second is in it's main function it insists on being played on each beat. A great way to study chords and improvisation is to play bass lines.
This doesn't have to be strict for our purposes. By this I mean you don't have to stick to the low end of your instrument. If you're not a bass player just play quarter notes and outline the chords. Below is an example of a simple blues bass line.
Here is another great lesson by Hal Galper on Vocabulary!
TJ