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

[Todd Simpson]

As long as you find a method that works for you, you can perform the vibrato in any way that feels comfortable. I usually bend in one direction then back to root for vibrato. But you could certainly go up and down if that felt better The main thing is to remain in control of bend and be able to determine speed and amount of bend. Depending on how much you bend the string during the vibrato, the sound will be very different. A very exaggerated vibrato can be achieved by bending a note further, while bending it just a little will give a more subtle vibrato.

Practice!
Todd

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