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vibratto

November 21, 2005 at 2:15 PM

I was practicing last night and got a bit frustrated. I'm taking up violin again, after a 20 year break (that's right 20 years). I've been playing about 6 months now, and here is what is killing me. I'm playing the pieces well, but I've got no vibratto. I used to have it when I was 12, not sure how to pick it up again. Can somebody give me some pointers? My left hand is sitting their dead, and I need to make it 'undead';)

Oh, also, I'm looking for the sheet music for "Transylvanian Lullaby" by John Morris. If anybody has that, please tell me the publisher, so I can contact them for a copy.

Barry, there are some vibrato exercises listed on www.violinmasterclass.com. You can enter as "guest." Then click on "Master Classes." Then go to "Left Hand." Then chose "Vibrato." Like you, I'm returning to violin playing after a protracted absence. And my teacher had me relearn vibrato with wrist--not just with arm. Both my teacher and this website teach vibrato in the same way. And it's taken me 4-5 months to get it down. But take heart--you may be a faster learner than myself!
Thanks!

That's perfect!

There's also about 400 archived threads on vibrato if you search this website. Good luck.
The nice thing about violinmasterclass.com is that there are video demonstrations (in QuickTime) for each of the vibrato exercises.
Your hand sitting there dead and then becoming undead...What could you possibly play that would be more appropriate than something from Transylvania? Good choice!
Hee hee, if I can put in a word for horror in anything I do;)