Any ideas for lessons? Post them here.
I'd love to see a lesson where a musician, especially a singer, plays/sings with vibes comping where they talk about their perspective, i.e. what it is they want to hear.
Hi Tony,
I remember seeing an old video of you playing Come Rain Or Come shine you called it a quick and dirty video. it would be great to have a series on the fine points of this technique. with video.
explanation please of Double Stopping . Is it a technique to ease 4 hammer playing > arms crossing?
Some other aid to technique ? Or does it just mean hitting the same note one with hammer after the other?
I saw a video lesson on here about it, Seemed good to know but cant find it now. ciao PHIL
For me, one of the things to practice is memorizing a tune. Though this is not all of what should be memorized, memorizing the melody, the chord changes and form of the song, I think are the largest parts of the memorizing process.
A comment or note about the paid subscription video lessons.
They are all wonderful and great! As a matter of fact, I'm going to resubscribe to them.
For me I view the vibraphone in mostly the context of a jazz ensemble (trio, quartet, etc. larger). Yes I know there are artists who can play jazz gigs with solo vibes or perhaps a duo with a pianist. But for the most part, jazz vibes is played with an ensemble comprised of a few to several members.
Hi guys here is a schedule that you can follow for practising tunes in a proficient way.
I’ve lost and i’m still loosing a tot of time playing around with the instrument but not really studing and fixing anything in my brain so i wrote down this practicing routine. I tested it and it works really good with me… I hope it will work also for you.
HOW TO STUDY TUNES
1. Choose tunes that you like
2. Listen to different famous versions of the tune (youtube, spotify, Cds, etc…)
3. Correct chords and melody notes from the real book version you have print (a lot of times they are wrong).
wow new malletkat and the first day is very discouraging ! can't give up spent 2800.00 on a dream reality is looking at ME
yes I'm a real beginner going to do this do ra me thing and read my manual will continue to update good thing my malletkats set on
vibes! I'd really be lost!
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 everybody!
Somebody can explain how to do a montuno on vibes ? Or comping rythm and voicing in latin-jazz?
I find nothing about it and I don't know how to adapt piano montuno for vibes because we have only 4 fingers and we can't let resound a note more than an other one...
If anyone can help me about it ? ;)
Emilie
Scales & lines, chords & changes, phrasing & modes, oh my!
I feel a bit like the lion in The Wizard of Oz ;-) I have been sifting through the site for a few days and I have had some success at trying to learn online. I am a beginner and I know what I do not know, which is a start. I could use a recommendation for a book on the fundamentals of music theory as it relates to my level of (or absence of) knowledge of playing the vibes. Any suggestions?