-Vibratos are unique to every player and its almost entirely defining you as a player.
-If you are reading this, you are already on your way to doing a good job out of it.
This article is to help you develop a good vibrato.
-the key to develop a good vibrato is - paying attention to it a lot.
-Constantly listen to vibratos of other guitarists, and try to replicate the sound of their vibratos.
-Focus on sound more than hands
Some vibrato styles:
Like B.B King's vibratos are bee sting vibratos. They have a very high frequency of oscillation and they sound like a bee. He uses only one finger to create such vibratos and the remaining fingers are completely off the fretboard, even the thumb is off the fretboard.
Jimi Hendrix has similar vibrato, except that his vibratos are very wide. He really digs his fingers into those vibratos.
David Gilmour has a slow vibrato because he uses three fingers to bend the strings. But because of his long sustain on the notes, they are very effective in the sound and feel.
-Try to reproduce such vibratos, so that over the time, you will develop your own way of bending strings and creating that sound.
Practice
Learning to bend to pitch
This good video shows bending exercises that you can practice everyday. I recommend watching that video, it explains some intricate mechanics related with bending and it also covers bending with vibrato.
Vibratos with bends
To do a vibrato on bends, like Eric Clapton and David Gilmour and all the other great players, the method of vibrato is a little different from normal vibrato.
When you bend a string, the string is tensed up and it produces pressure on your finger. We use this pressure to do our vibrato. We slightly release the bend and then bend again to pitch.
Do this slowly until you get the hang of it. Using the thumb as pivot, the speed of vibrato can be increased with practice.
This video shows that method to bend with vibrato.
The end.
-If you are reading this, you are already on your way to doing a good job out of it.
This article is to help you develop a good vibrato.
-the key to develop a good vibrato is - paying attention to it a lot.
-Constantly listen to vibratos of other guitarists, and try to replicate the sound of their vibratos.
-Focus on sound more than hands
Some vibrato styles:
Like B.B King's vibratos are bee sting vibratos. They have a very high frequency of oscillation and they sound like a bee. He uses only one finger to create such vibratos and the remaining fingers are completely off the fretboard, even the thumb is off the fretboard.
Jimi Hendrix has similar vibrato, except that his vibratos are very wide. He really digs his fingers into those vibratos.
David Gilmour has a slow vibrato because he uses three fingers to bend the strings. But because of his long sustain on the notes, they are very effective in the sound and feel.
-Try to reproduce such vibratos, so that over the time, you will develop your own way of bending strings and creating that sound.
Practice
Learning to bend to pitch
This good video shows bending exercises that you can practice everyday. I recommend watching that video, it explains some intricate mechanics related with bending and it also covers bending with vibrato.
Vibratos with bends
To do a vibrato on bends, like Eric Clapton and David Gilmour and all the other great players, the method of vibrato is a little different from normal vibrato.
When you bend a string, the string is tensed up and it produces pressure on your finger. We use this pressure to do our vibrato. We slightly release the bend and then bend again to pitch.
Do this slowly until you get the hang of it. Using the thumb as pivot, the speed of vibrato can be increased with practice.
This video shows that method to bend with vibrato.
The end.
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