About The Guitar Vibrato
Guitar playing without vibrato is like playing basketball without a pair of basketball shoes. Among all the guitar techniques out there, vibrato is one of the most important in helping you develop your own signature sound. One guitar player may have a totally different vibrato from the other. You may want to play it slow like "Mr. Slowhand" himself, Eric Clapton, or you may want to use a fast and furious technique with a narrow vibrato. This is like a basketball player choosing between his reliable Air Jordans or his brand new pair of Nike Shox or whatnot. Enough talk about food, lets talk technique.
Vibrato is sometimes confused with tremolo. It is not to be confused with tremolo, which means fluctuation in volume - it is the vibration of a string in such a way that it varies ever so slightly in tone. The technique used by most beginners would be to use the third finger of their fretting hand to play the third string on the seventh fret, moving the note up slightly, then moving it down slightly as well. Do this in quick succession so the over riding effect is a "wobbly" tone around the root note you are playing. Coordinate your hand, arm and wrists as you perform this technique. Never just wiggle a finger. In some cases you will notice guitarists pull the string all the way down and release it back to its original position - this is one of the popular forms of bending.
Use different bending techniques at different speeds as you work on your vibrato. Keep your motions fluid and you'll be on your way to mastering the technique. If you are playing a slow blues riff then you may want to slow down and make a wide circular motion with the string, or if you are playing a fast rock lick you may just ad a fast narrow vibrato to accent the final note in a run.
More often than not, the first and third fingers on the fret hand are used to add vibrato, but the third finger, by far, is the most commonly used. Sometimes using the first finger can be a challenge. You can use your first finger for fast vibratos similar to BB Kings style. You will literally lift your other finger far off the fret board, press down and just "vibrate" the string as fast and as open as possible. It is just apropos that the word vibrato sounds just like "vibrate", because aren't you vibrating the string when you use this technique?
Becoming a master at guitar can be accomplished in many ways, but one such way is to mix your vibrato with other methods of playing like legato and string bending. Great guitar players don't copy - they develop their own style, and playing guitar is a great way to unleash your creative side. Vibrato is one of the more personal and effective techniques. This would be just like other techniques, though, where you have to experiment and have fun while doing so!
Vibrato is sometimes confused with tremolo. It is not to be confused with tremolo, which means fluctuation in volume - it is the vibration of a string in such a way that it varies ever so slightly in tone. The technique used by most beginners would be to use the third finger of their fretting hand to play the third string on the seventh fret, moving the note up slightly, then moving it down slightly as well. Do this in quick succession so the over riding effect is a "wobbly" tone around the root note you are playing. Coordinate your hand, arm and wrists as you perform this technique. Never just wiggle a finger. In some cases you will notice guitarists pull the string all the way down and release it back to its original position - this is one of the popular forms of bending.
Use different bending techniques at different speeds as you work on your vibrato. Keep your motions fluid and you'll be on your way to mastering the technique. If you are playing a slow blues riff then you may want to slow down and make a wide circular motion with the string, or if you are playing a fast rock lick you may just ad a fast narrow vibrato to accent the final note in a run.
More often than not, the first and third fingers on the fret hand are used to add vibrato, but the third finger, by far, is the most commonly used. Sometimes using the first finger can be a challenge. You can use your first finger for fast vibratos similar to BB Kings style. You will literally lift your other finger far off the fret board, press down and just "vibrate" the string as fast and as open as possible. It is just apropos that the word vibrato sounds just like "vibrate", because aren't you vibrating the string when you use this technique?
Becoming a master at guitar can be accomplished in many ways, but one such way is to mix your vibrato with other methods of playing like legato and string bending. Great guitar players don't copy - they develop their own style, and playing guitar is a great way to unleash your creative side. Vibrato is one of the more personal and effective techniques. This would be just like other techniques, though, where you have to experiment and have fun while doing so!
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