This lesson includes some tips on ballad accompaniment, using Polka Dots and Moonbeams as a sample tune. Pdf examples attached.

Vince Lardere, a great local alto player came to University of the Arts and did a workshop on the bebop scale that the students LOVED. So I asked Vince to come over so I can video the workshop. This was great stuff. So maybe we should start a little series on 'Lines and Licks'.

Hi everybody.
How to play the vibes in a rock project?
A few time ago, I was vibist in a rock band called Amédée colère. it is sung in french.
We have experimented a lot of combination for my sound :comping, chord or not, riff ,jazz or not.

I use a Premier vibraphone with a K&K amplification system and some effects (Korg kaoss pad)
we use the vibes like a 2nd guitar (it goes in a guitar amp...)
If somebody have recorded some rock things, it would be interesting to post it. And to show all the way we can integrate the sound of the vibes in a heavy band.

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Thanks John. This is AMAZING. Licks and phrases are language and great musicians speak the language. IMHO

I miss this gig. An easy brunch gig where you could just stretch out and play and try stuff!

I am an amateur vibist--have played 40 years in big bands and quartets and by myself.

I go through lapses of practicing, followed by 'getting back into it.'

I am curious, how do other vibists' daily (3+ times a week?) practice routines look?

For awhile I did the following
- start with major scales in all keys
- diminished scales in all 'keys'
- block chords up and down the vibes (maj7, m7, dim)
- a page or two in Patterns for Jazz
- a couple classical transcriptions (from those three nice transcription books that came out 40 years ago)
- 2-3 Real Book tunes

Hi,

Just shooted a version of my solo Naima.. It's still somehow a practice tape but I thought it would be maybe good enough to be shared.
Please tell me what you think!! Thanks.

Cheers,

Nico