Earl Scruggs died today. He was the Charlie Parker of the banjo. He was one heavy guy. I got to see him play once when I was a little kid. Way before I even played music. RIP, Earl

This is just to give you an idea of a concept and way of playing.

It eventually will let you play lines with two mallets while using your outside left mallet to comp.

Check out the pdf below.

You should know the tune. Write in the names of all the chords. Play all the voicings in time. Once you have it down, add rhythms.

Hey,
This is a lesson of how you can use classical improvisation to practise technique (mainly scales).Oh, When I say "I think you will love this lesson" I mean "I hope you find this lesson helpfull".

Thanks
Dimitris

Help is needed.

Sometimes I read people explaining how to simulate the vibraphones vibrato effect when using a pickup system.
In most of these cases it is explained as a tremolo effect.

I think this is not really the case.
Let's take a closer look on what is happening.

1. a fully opened resonator amplifies the fundamental tone of the bar.
2. when you close the resonators, the amplification of the bar is less
3. with a fully opened resonator, the pitch of the tube is almost similar to the pitch of the bar

Hey everyone,
I was just thinking/talking about phrasing and how many notes one can fit into a phrase.
I always remember teachers and mentors telling me to play fewer notes when I was in school, however I would listen to them play and there would be 4 million notes in a single measure. What i've learned since that time is that they should have told me to concentrate on phrasing. To Me, phrasing is the difference between an enjoyable and engaging solo/composition and an un-enjoyable one.

Hey Folks,
Ed posted a link to this Chris Potter transcription that I was reading through this morning. The thing about cats like Potter is that they can paint the changes! Check out this line that's played over a turnaround. It was actually originally double time. I did a lesson on turnarounds a while back with similar material too.
-Tyler

Just got this home last week, love it already.