Name: Bend Bow Mute
Price: 27.00 USD
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Bend Bow Mute

$27.00 Including Sales Tax

The vibraphone is a relatively recent addition to the percussion family (just over 100 years old) and has the most diverse set of sonic capabilities of all the percussion keyboard instruments. As I work with students in lessons, coaching sessions, and masterclass settings, I strive to highlight a variety of extended performance techniques that exist for the vibraphone beyond simply striking a bar with a mallet, paying particular attention to muting, pitch bending, and bowing with a string bow. Despite a growing number of solo and ensemble pieces that require a performer to utilize these techniques, I often find that percussionists have little (if any) hands-on experience producing these wonderful sounds. This set of vibraphone solos is meant to address that problem. –Joshua D. Smith