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Vibrato
speed and width
Guitar Bob asks: Yo Cyberfret
Dude! Aren't you finished yet?
Now that you know how to add vibrato to your notes,
there is two other important things to consider. How fast should
my vibrato be? How wide should my vibrato be? The answers to these
questions will really depend on the type and feel of a particular
song. You have to use your experience and taste to make that determination.
But there are some things that you can practice to give you the
widest possible vibrato options.
When I first started practicing vibrato, I came
up with this list of values that I could applied to vibrato. There
are those players have a one dimensional vibrato, it sound the
same all the time. Then there are those who consciously or unconsciously
use different speeds and widths of vibrato to create more depth
and feeling in their playing.
| Width |
Speed |
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very wide
wide
medium width
narrow
very narrow
wide to narrow
narrow to wide
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very slow
slow
medium speed
fast
very fast
slow to fast
fast to slow
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In addition to playing the general speeds listed above, you could
also play vibrato with specific rhythms in relationship to the
beat. Listen to the 3 examples below.
These are things that you may instinctively put into your playing.
But if you keep them in mind as you are playing vibrato, you will
add a whole new layer of expression possibilities to the notes
that you play.
Page 5, bending with vibrato
Page 1, Intro to vibrato for guitar
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