Description:

The Vibraphone (also known as the Vibraharp or simply the Vibes) is a musical instrument in the struck
idio phone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by
holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a
Vibraphonist or Vibraharpist.

How to Use:

How to Use the Vibraphone Pedal

-Try to keep a little weight on the pedal while you’re playing the instrument so that you don’t slap the
pedal causing an unwanted noise to occur. If you have your foot, or big toe constantly in contact with
pedal you can work mechanism subtly.
How to Dampen the Vibraphone Bars with the Vibraphone Pedal

-The most obvious way to dampen the vibraphone bars is with the pedal that moves a felt covered
dampening bar away from the bars. When the pedal is depressed the felt dampener is not touching the
bars and so the notes will ring.

Most of the time you don’t want the notes that you are playing to all ring together so you must develop
a sensitivity with the pedal to control how long the notes will ring.

How to Dampen the Vibraphone Bars with your Mallets

-The vibraphone is a very expressive instrument especially when you learn how to dampen the bars with
you mallets.

This method of dampening involves playing a note with one mallet and dampening the note with your
other mallet. For instance; if you play a note with mallet in your left hand you can dampen that note
with the mallet in your right hand vice versa.

To dampen the bar with the mallet you have to slide the mallet firmly on the ringing bar. Place your
mallet on the bar near then node and slide the mallet toward the center of the bar while pressing firmly
down onto the bar. This will stop the sound.

It’s a little tricky at first, but once you work out coordination you’ll be able to play a nice legato passage.

Opinion:
In my opinion Vibraphone is really usefull instrument Other Vibraphonist use it on Jazz,Such as
funk,rock, or R&B. There are popular song made by famous Vibraphonist like Country Roads, Chega de
Saudade,Senor Mouse, Falling Grace By Gary Burton. So If I had a chance to play vibraphone I will totally
love it because it has same way to play like a drum.
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Ricky Ace C.Catalla
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