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Beginning Vibraphone Techniques by Kevin Bobo and Jon Metzger |
Stance, position at instrument
– Weight distribution with right foot on pedal
Placement of music stand
– Options, use of peripheral vision when reading
Two-mallet grip, holding the mallets
– Utilizing mallet leverage
Mallet selection
– Reasons for rattan shafts
Motor
– Use and non-use, placement of fans
Striking the bar, contact areas
– Mallet height, movement, sticking, touch
– Exercises on hand-out
Articulation
– Using the pedal, dead-stroke grace notes, stick-dampening
– Exercises on hand-out
Benefiting from improvisation concepts
– Supports desire to play mallet instruments, reading, articulation
– Samples on hand-out
Helpful books and literature
– Listing on hand-out
HELPFUL BOOKS AND LITERATURE
The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes, Jon Metzger, EPM Publications, 1996
Introduction Course for Xylophone, George Hamilton Green, Meredith Music Publications, 1984
Vibraphone Technique: Dampening and Pedaling, David Friedman, Berklee Press, 1973
Five Pieces for Vibraphone, Jon Metzger, C. Alan Publications, 2000
Five Easy Two Mallet Pieces for Marimba, Jon Metzger, C. Alan Publications, 1999
FIVE PIECES FOR VIBRAPHONE
I. The Long and Short of It
by Jon Metzger
II. One for Three
by Jon Metzger
III. D O A
by Jon Metzger
IV. Touché
by Jon Metzger
Lydia
Blues for Dave
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