Guitar Essentials - Lesson 7: Vibrato


Guitar Essentials Part 7 - Vibrato Lyle: One very important and essential part of producing a good tone is the use of vibrato. Lyle: Vibrato is a common technique that is used in all styles of music. It is used to create emotion for the most part. Lyle: Instruments like the piano or drum can't do vibrato, too bad for them. Lyle: Vibrato is when the pitch of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound. Watch the video clip: 01 - basic vibrato 01 - basic vibrato Lyle: Doing vibrato on the 1st string presents a small challenge. You can push the string up towards you like this: 02 - basic vibrato on 1st string 02 - basic vibrato on 1st string Lyle: Try this exercise using the Bm pentatonic scale for an example: 03 - exercise 1 03 - exercise 1 Lyle: Another way of making vibrato on the guitar is by using what I call the violin vibrato. You push down hard on the string and rock your finger back and forth. This makes the pitch of the note go sharp and flat. The basic vibrato note only goes sharp, but the violin vibrato creates a rounder sound in my opinion. 04 - the violin vibrato 04 - the violin vibrato Lyle: Here's an exercise for you to try using the violin vibrato and the Dm scale: 05 - exercise 2 05 - exercise 2 Lyle: You can add vibrato to two strings at a time like this: 06 - two strings 06 - two strings Lyle: Here's a tough one. Bend a note up a whole step, then add vibrato and keep the note up like this: 07 - bends with vibrato 07 - bends with vibrato Lyle: If you have a vibrato tail piece or a whammy bar on your guitar, you can use it to easily produce vibrato. Here's an example how you can use a whammy bar to add vibrato to full chords: 08 - chords with whammy bar 08 - chords with whammy bar Lyle: You can also shake your guitar real hard or push and pull on the headstock to produce vibrato. Lyle: In rock guitar, the names Yngwie Malmsteen and Angus Young come to mind as players with strong vibrato. Lyle: That's about it for this lesson. I hope this helps you develop a smooth vibrato.	<< load notation from left
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