Vibrato, Up AND down or up OR down? Options

[Bluesberry]

Hi guys,

there's a hundred topics about this but I didn't get the answer. Is someone writing about vibrato in the Wiki?

A simple question: I know that vibrato consists of many mini-bends put together in a way that they mix with the root note smoothly, producing a soft sound.

But if I do those mini-bends downwards, should I do them upwards, too? Or the other way around, if I do the mini-bends upwards, should I do them downwards, too? This would result in a bigger movement, that's for sure, but I'm not sure if it would improve the vibrato sound. How should I do it?

-Krisu

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This post has been edited by Kristian Hyvarinen: Apr 14 2010, 02:40 PM

[relaxenjoy]

Hi Kris,

This is what Emir wrote in response to my REC Program submission, I hope it helps:

"Nice playing. You got all the notes with the nice feel. Your problem is the vibrato. You're vibrating like classical players (moving finger left-right). You have to vibrate either up or down - depending on which string you are on. And that also shouldn't be from the finger but from the wrist. Your bends could also be more precise and faster executed. Still a good attempt for a passing mark."

I think this answers exactly what you were asking.

I know that from my experience, I am much more comfortable doing vibrato while bending down, not so much bending up, though I am practicing it and definitely getting better.

Now for those darn whole step upward bends with vibrato at the top... that's another story, gah!

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This post has been edited by relaxenjoy: Apr 14 2010, 03:10 PM