Oh my gosh I figured out vibrato
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Michael G.
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October 31, 2021 at 5:33 pm #51894
jameseke
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November 1, 2021 at 2:33 am #51896
Mike Reeve
ParticipantExcellent, so you bend your wrist to play vibrato. I shall be trying that very shortly. Oh, and your tone sounds really good.
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November 4, 2021 at 8:06 am #52000
Kvmceff
ParticipantSounds good and the finger motion is spot on. Working to keep the wrist in the ‘normal’ playing space/plane is the next step. Right now you have an extra motion to tense the wrist and bend it. It’s all part of the learning process. Keep the wrist relaxed and you are there!!
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November 1, 2021 at 12:21 pm #51902
jameseke
ParticipantAs far as I have researched there is finger, wrist and arm vibrato.
Jason has a really great tutorial on vibrato.
I just basically have practiced doing the wrist vibrato exercises for about a year. Basically like you are knocking on a door.
I first just held the violin right where the neck joins the body and spent about 4 months working on the movement alone with zero bowing. Then I started bowing with the Queen Elizabeth wave not for sound but the movement. Did that for probably 3 months.
Then I did wrist and arm vibrato while roughly doing scales for about another 4 months and then recently trying to add it roughly into songs.
I figured it would probably be another year minimum before I got to what I did in the video. Something just clicked subconsciously and I was like ‘oh this is how it is done’.
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November 2, 2021 at 5:16 am #51917
Mike Reeve
ParticipantYep … practice is key indeed. Some months to go yet it seems 🙂
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November 2, 2021 at 5:51 am #51918
kate.kakadu
ParticipantYou’ve inspired me, Jameseke! I’m going to make vibrato my next challenge. It’s just been one of those things I haven’t been able to get. Love the analogy of the Queen E’s wave!
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November 3, 2021 at 9:31 am #51948
jameseke
ParticipantYou can do it
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November 23, 2021 at 1:03 pm #52342
jason kleinberg
KeymasterSoooo good. Thanks for sharing this.
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December 20, 2021 at 9:00 pm #52952
Michael G
ParticipantTHis is inspiring to see/hear. I worked on a vibrato on guitar for a few years before it finally clicked for me. My breakthrough on guitar vibrato arrived when I bought my first telecaster. There was something about the weight distribution and the feel of the neck that opened the door for me, and once I found it, I could play vibrato on any guitar. I have zero compass for finding it on violin – yet. I have a lot of other rudimentary skill development ahead of me, but I hope someday to have a breakthrough like you did.
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