Vibrato

[Socrates]

Im having a lot of trouble with vibrato, in fact I cant even do one, could someone please enlighten me?

Thank you

 

[Rotten Guitar String]

Re: Vibrato

Read some of the articles on this site...

http://www.guitarprinciples.com/Guitar_Technique/Bending.htm
http://www.guitarprinciples.com/Taking_Lessons/StudentProfiles/terry.htm

That site tought me how to do vibrato properly

 

[Stevo]

Re: Vibrato

Are you talking about vibrato with your fretting hand? If so, then practice playing totally clean. Make those notes sustain with brute force, not distortion

 

[Socrates]

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Thanks for the sites, and yea I'm doing it on clean.

 

[Jeffrec]

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Thanks for the sites, and yea I'm doing it on clean.

That's a great way to learn. Also, it's important to understand that the vibrato comes from your forearm & wrist moving the string up & down, versus using your finger alone. The finger is used to fret the note & hold the string in place.

Listen to early Leslie West; Mick Taylor; & Clapton.

Jeff

 

[sooperunkn]

Re: Vibrato

That's a great way to learn. Also, it's important to understand that the vibrato comes from your forearm & wrist moving the string up & down, versus using your finger alone. The finger is used to fret the note & hold the string in place.

Listen to early Leslie West; Mick Taylor; & Clapton.

And the master.... BB King

 

[Fo7]

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If you get a chance, watch BB shake a note. His whole hand moves, pivoting on his thumb. The motion comes from the wrist and forearm, kind of like if you are pouring a drink.

Some people don't like his vibrato, but another guy to check out is Angus Young. He has a real wide controlled vibrato, that is immediately recognizable. I would also suggest Michael Schenker's playing too; of course he got a lot from Leslie West...

Indeed if you were to make a list of peole whose playing you could identify by one or two notes, very often it would be from the vibrato.

 

[Stevo]

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Indeed if you were to make a list of peole whose playing you could identify by one or two notes, very often it would be from the vibrato.

True - Schenker, Young and BB are good examples.

 

[Jeffrec]

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And the master.... BB King

That's true, but as BB himself says, he has more of a "trill" versus a vibrato. Same with Peter Green.

The best were always, Eric, Mick Taylor, & Leslie. More recently, it's been Gary Moore who's picked up the torch.

Jeff

 

[Brow]

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Paul Kossoff from the band Free (in my opinion) has a great Vibrato

 

[Simon_F]

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Paul Kossoff from the band Free (in my opinion) has a great Vibrato

At last! Someone mentions Koss! :notworthy

His vibrato was awesome. Legend has it that Clapton approached Kossoff for a demonstration of his technique.

Listen to Free Live and Tons Of Sobs.

And all the other great stuff mentioned above. :fing2:

I've often wondered whether Kossoff was a big influence on Angus Young, as I think I hear similarities in their technique and note choice.

 

[JeffB]

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Glad to see Schenker and Moore mentioned....two of my heroes...

also John Sykes....incredible vibrato...slow or the super fast "woowoo"..he just floors me...

Vibrato is something I've been working on alot lately myself...going back listening to those 3 guys as well as Angus Young.....I used to have what I thought was a decent vibrato..but over the years I noticed I had stopped using it...