Vibraphone Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1127702 By David Kovins. By David Kovins. Contemporary,Instructional,Jazz,Latin,Pop. Individual part. 64 pages. David Kovins #728305. Published by David Kovins (A0.1127702). 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.