Some improvisation on the vibes, which I haven't played in over a year. Still played okay, but a little sloppy for sure. The vibraphone is a Yamaha YV520C, and I am using the Promark PBM Bill Molenhof Series mallets.
Well done ! Right feeling troughout the tune, and your improv is top notch. Great. BTW, what play along do you use ? If available, could you give us the link ?
Sounds amazing! I have a quick question: I recently bought the same model vibraphone, and I was wondering if you do any four mallet work on yours? I know it’s a compact vibe meaning it’s going to be a bit smaller in size. If you do practice four mallets, do you find that it’s more difficult on this model?
If you’re used to playing on vibraphones with the standard bar width, the smaller bars can take a while to get used to. I do practice with four mallets, and I found that after a couple of weeks I was able to switch between the smaller and regular-sized bars pretty easily.
This sounds awesome! I like the tone you get from the vibes. My one suggestion would be to focus on phrasing, as some of the notes sound like dotted eight sixteenths as opposed to swing. Other than that, fantastic stuff!
