Duke Ellington Tune

By tedwolff, November 9, 2010

Duke’s popular tune “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” makes a nice solo piece for vibes. Here’s a short video demonstration:

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This is a good example of a basic solo arrangement for vibes. Mallet dampening should be used on the melody to keep the notes from running together. You won’t be able to use the pedal on the melody line because it will be down to allow the chord voicings to ring.
A pdf of the arrangement is available HERE

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