.... Don't Transcribe, don't play licks.
IMHO
Licks are vocabulary and phrases and words and sentences. I never understood this. Learn the vocabulary and then use what you want.
Just my opinion!
Thanks Tristan!
Thanks Matthew!
For some weird reason I always felt a Cimbalom was in a strange way similar to a vibraphone. The sticks, the strings like bars. It's in a sort of bed.
So it's a little off topic, but check this guy out. He's pretty happening!
One of my favorite Jobim tunes. Actually, I love them all. Ha!Ha! Tim is special to play with. Probably the most in demand pianist in Boston playing with guys like Jerry Bergonzi and every vocalist in Boston. He was also the pianist for Lyle Lovett. He's so versatile and a real team player with really big ears. So sensitive and responsive. That's why he's working all of the time. I think the ear thing is so important. I think that's the case with all of the great players. Ed
Take it if you need parts!
Check this out. Especially the beginning of the bass solo.
Do you hear the tune? Kurt is just playing a line through the beginning. then he comps 5ths and sparsely but we here the tune.
I often listen to guitar players and imagine what they are playing is on the vibes. I love it and I learn a lot. You can't do that with piano players. they're doing way more than we can handle. We CAN handle most of what guitar players are doing, which is why I think this instrument is more like a guitar than a piano :-) IMHO
I had a gig in April at a local jazz club and the promoter of the club asked for me if I could get a pianist for a vibes/duo concert. He also wanted to know if we could do some Gary and Chick songs which was great. We did Desert Air, Crystal Silence, Windows and few others. Here's one of my favorite Steve Swallow tunes called I'm Your Pal which Gary and Chick recorded for the Crystal Silence album. Still one of my most favorite recordings. I remember working on all of these songs when I was a student of Gary's at Berklee.
Many people probably already know about the "18 Exercises for Flute but I'm currently trying to get my reading to a very proficient level and I ran across the 18 Exercises for Flute by B.T. Berbiguier. What a gold mine! Here's the sight where they are free and in my opinion some of the best reading material available for vibe players is right on that site and it's endless so I thought I'd share.
Recent posts got me interested in experimenting with resonators.
https://www.vibesworkshop.com/video-embed/omega-vibraphone-vibrato-syst…
https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/motor/tonymiceli/051717
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