This method is designed for those vibe players who want to build up a solidbasis for playing jazz or simply, to acquire progressive technical awareness of the instrument. It thoroughly and exhaustively describes those issues that a jazz player faceson a daily basis. A classical percussionist who wants to master the keyboard will also findspecific exercises and efficient ideas here. With this method, a basic preparatory level for vibraphonists gets updatedthroughout a kind of support that gives a complete overview usefulfor developing one's personal style. At the same time, a didactic offer for the vibraphone that nowadays finds itselfat an embryonic stage, elaborated only by few pioneers of the internationallevel, gets enriched.