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Vibrato Anyone????Instruments: Anyone know any techniques for mastering vibrato???
I consider myself a beginner but in my school I am an advanced player. I have been taking classes since my sophmore yaer and I am senior now. Can anyone help me or tell me some technique on how to master vibrato???
From Stephen Brivati
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:59 PM Greetings, best thing to do, aside form having a teacher who knows how to teac it, is to get a copy of `Basics` by Simon Fiscer. In this you will find all the vibrato exercises you need plus an explanation of the common fults. The main enemy of vibrato is tension. Especially if you tension in the left shoudler the energy for the vibrato cannot be transmitted from the back (where violin playig really comes from in some ways). Also note that although the fingertip appears to be doing a back and forth movement on the string with equal presusre this is not actually true. As the tip goes back it relinquishea pressure a little and then rolls back into the string again to restop the note. Vibrato with relentless fingertip pressure will not work in the long run if at all. Cheers, Buri From Marty Dalton
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:50 PM I agree...everything you need to know about vibrato is in "Basics" by Simon Fischer. I always thought I had a really nice vibrato, then I read this book and it completely changed the way I do it. From Kathryn Woodby
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM huh, i may have to look that up! some days my vibrato is great and others it's rotten and I've never fully been able to trace the root the motion.... From Andrew Victor
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:42 PM Be aware that to develop a complete vibrato it MAY be necessary to completely change the way your left hand (and thumb, especially) interact with the violin's neck. This is just one of the reasons that many people find it easier to start vibrato development in the third position (or even higher, but for another reason). But when you talk about "mastering vibrato," FORGET IT. Just be happy to get one going at all and spend a long time improving it for the effects yu want. Once you feel it moving correctly it becomes easier to make changes to it. If you can't get the vibrato you want --- switch to cello! Seriously! As a later thought I had this: Know what you want to do with your vibrato, and why. If the contact point of your sounding finger with the string moves along the string to vary the pitch at a sufficient rate to create the sound effect (in pitch change and speed) you want, that is what you are trying to achieve with your vibrato. If you hold your fiddle like a cello and move yur finger to achieve this, you will find it easier than in violin-playing position. If you can do this, then try to work out the necessary posture and muscle motion for YOU to do it. Expect it to take weeks to months. Andy
From tom utsch
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:57 AM In case you find the hyper anatomical writing style of Simon Fischer hard to follow (as I do), check out these free videos on violinmasterclass.com. They are pretty much the ticket to a very nice vibrato. Tom |
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