Intermediate Progressive Etudes - Vibraphone Method Book for 2 and 4 Mallets (Learn to Improvise) by David Kovins Sheet Music for Vibraphone Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist David Kovins

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer David Kovins

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 64

Arrangement Vibraphone Solo

Publisher David Kovins

Level 3

Product ID 1223553

Genre Latin Jazz Pop Contemporary Instructional

Instruments Vibraphone

Product Description

Intermediate Progressive Etudes By David Kovins - Vibraphone Method Book for 2 and 4 Mallets The Vibraphone Virtuosity Series features material that will help develop a contemporary vibist's technique and musicianship. The volume includes: -33 multi-stylistic etudes -Chromatic exercises -Whole-tone scales -Studies in perfect fourths Among the techniques covered in the etudes are: -2 mallet playing -4-mallet playing -Mallet dampening -Pedaling -Musical Phrasing Suggested stickings are provided, as well as the author's commentary about each exercise and etude. In addition, selected etudes contain chord symbols to allow for improvisational opportunities. David Kovins founded the School for Musical Performance in Brooklyn, New York in 1980, where he teaches mallet-keyboard percussion, drumset, and piano. He has performed with the Jerome Robbins Dance Company, the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, cabaret performers Anita Morris and Wayland Flowers., and Keyboardist Jordan Rudess, and Kovins leads his own Vibraphone-based group that records and performs in the New York area.

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