A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs Arranged for Virbraphone!-If you've been learning vibes for a little while you are probably eager to put your new skills to work and learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs. Songs include: All of Me · Birdland · Clair De Lune · Desafinado · Friend like Me · Havana · How Far I'll Go · Misty · On Green Dolphin Street · The Pink Panther · Sway (Quien Sera) · Sweet Caroline · Walkin' on the Sun · and more.

Disney Songs for Vibraphone. A great collection of 15 Disney favorites arranged for vibraphone, including: The Bare Necessities · Beauty and the Beast · Can You Feel the Love Tonight · Colors of the Wind · Cruella De Vil · Do You Want to Build a Snowman' · Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) · He's a Pirate · Kiss the Girl · Some Day My Prince Will Come · Under the Sea · When She Loved Me · When You Wish upon a Star · A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) · You've Got a Friend in Me.

Etudes in the Style of the Masters. Learn from the language of the masters of jazz vibraphone by using this one-of-a-kind book with CD. It includes biographies etudes analyses and discographies exploring the life and music of jazz vibes legends Gary Burton Mike Mainieri Bobby Hutcherson Lionel Hampton Milt Jackson and Red Norvo. The play-along CD features Dick Sisto's expressive playing with a groovin' rhythm section making this an exciting and complete course for vibes.

An Essential Method for Study and Performance-This method provides the fundamental techniques musical concepts and performance practices necessary to excel as a vibraphonist. Featuring 2 and 4 mallets in accessible to advanced exercises studies and solos and clear strategies for pedaling dampening and tips on how to practice this book will help those playing vibraphone music to really understand how to play the instrument.

'King Of The Vibes' 'The Vibes President' or 'Boss Of The Backbeat'...call him what you will Lionel Hampton was a Jazz hero. This enthralling documentary presents the life and times of the man who virtually invented the Vibraphone as a Jazz instrument and is one of the fundamental influences of early Rock n' Roll. Mike Mainieri and Steve Smith narrate this collection of archive footage and rare photographs from the 30s to the 90s telling the fascinating story of Hampton's 73-year career. The programme also includes contributions and appearances from a host of Jazz stars including Benny Goodman Gene Krupa Teddy Wilson Milt Buckner Benny Carter and many more.Legendary!

This is the first-ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen interact and respond improvise and become part of the groove. Lessonsthroughout this book guide you through technique that is specific to playing vibraphone in a contemporary ensemble.

Here is the definitive guide to chordal playing for the contemporary vibraphonist. Includes material on: voicing selection chord-member selection use of extensions and alterations voice leading inversion selection and more. The accompanying CD contains demos and play-along tracks with notated charts featuring standard chordal progressions in the following styles: fast and medium swing ballad jazz waltz bossa-nova and samba. This book is the most complete and fun! way to learn four-mallet voicings and comping patterns for jazz vibes.

Easy Instrumental Play-Along-10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great! Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments are available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes download the backing tracks to play along with the band! Songs include: Achy Breaky Heart (Don't Tell My Heart) I'm a Believer Imagine Jailhouse Rock La Bamba Louie Louie Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Splish Splash Stand by Me Yellow Submarine.

The purpose of this volume is to provide the intermediate mallet player with musical materials which will:Develop ensemble skills through duet performance.Develop fundamental 3 and 4 mallet skills.Develop technique. Develop an awareness of musical styles.Develop sensitivity to musical detail.