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Vibrato is one of the single most
important techniques to give your lead guitar playing a more professional
sound. Vibrato is a slight fluctuation in pitch, that gives more
depth and sustain to a note. Vibrato creates a more "vocal"
sound in your playing. Before talking more in-depth about how
vibrato is done, listen to the 2 examples below. Can you hear
how the same notes can have a very different feel when vibrato
is used?
Vibrato is sometimes confused with tremolo,
which is a slight fluctuation in volume. (I created this
effect with software, but you could use and effects pedal
or even turn your volume knob up and down.
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The first vibrato that you are going to do is on and unbent
note. More on bends with vibrato later. You may want to take a
look at the lesson on bending technique,
since the finger movements for vibrato is similar.
All of the examples are going to be played on
the 3rd string, 7th fret. A squiggley line is sometimes placed
above the notes that vibrato is going to be applied. It is
impossible to notate vibrato exactly. Vibrato is most of the
time just done at the discretion of the player, on notes that
are held for a longer period of time. |
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You are going to be playing a note,
bending the pitch up slightly, and then letting the note back
down to the original pitch. This is repeated at a constant
rate to create vibrato. |
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