Vibrato Lesson

[AntoH]

Great lesson, just what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to make it!

[yaritzasanjuan]

do you use your jaw to produce vibrato??

[allisonisawesomefyi]

does this work with clarinets?

[callielove13]

hey mr mc veigh!

good information!

[dasteufelhund]

up your volume when you record next time.

[edito777]

I actually thought it sounded like a violin or viola at one point. Very nice.

[MrJoshmeister]

i cant hear you, would it be possible for you to re-upload this and like turn up the volume or summat? thanks

[ExternalGod]

He's using an alto for all of you that are wondering. It's a great video. Just don't get discouraged everyone when starting this even if you've been playing for a while.

You'll get the hang of it!

Great video.

[beatlelvr96]

i joined the school band in the middle of the year and have just started playing and the band director wants me to play with vibrato. i fail.

[ChristianCamouflage]

hey, thanks so much for posting this video ive been searching constantly for a video/ website with good vibrato techniques and easy understanding like this one. i have afew questions though. what type of saxophone do you play on and what do you recommend? right now, the only one i have is your standard yamaha. do you think thats a good one? im in high school band and second highest band in the school so i want to be the best i can possibly be :) thanks again

[fanny1jonas]

i have a REALLY hard time with vibrato cus i don't know wether to go fast or slow and sometimes i cant control it :/ and i've been playing for 5 years now

[Treni217]

I've never had a situation where I've had to vibrato.

I've been playing the tenor sax for almost 7 years, so..yeah. I tried vibrato once and failed at it.. XD;

Kinda sort in your situation...

..

Sort of. >_>

[i0nPuNk182]

vibratos are nice as long as they keep the tempo :)

[MMSVRTD]

sound is baaad

[Hitsugayafan12]

@MMSVRTD I think it's realistic that he doesn't have a super expensive, DIFFERENT sounding saxophone so that I can try and match his tone, since our saxes might be near the same value and of the same material/manufacture, etc. So, sound shouldn't matter as long as he can relate to our sound all the while teaching us.

[Lukie99]

I've been playing the saxophone since I was 13 and I have to say that vibrato was the WEIRDEST THING EVER when I first started using it lol!

[ihatepieyo22]

ok ive been playin sax for 2 years i got first chair sx out of aaaallll

it depends on if your willing to learn

and i t depends on your teacher

[Groudon2222]

I didn't know that I was playing vibrato :D I know how to play it because I screwed around!

HA!

[unalegeli]

thanks

[streetskating123]

really nice lesson and sweet playing

[FunnyCorpNN]

l just push the reed up and down with my bottom lips. It looks like im chewing on the sax when I do it. Its really easy.

[s0bas]

Hey! but do you move th reed up and down? I trie doing the oa movement and it sounds good but I have the idea that you move the read with your libs while you open your mouth to do the vibrato

[systemofadown3210]

i know i overuse vibrato, but it doesn't sound like it to me. i should record myself playing and then listen to the recording.

[dvnstvn9]

the saxophone is way harder than people say it is...

[SpartanKC17]

@dvnstvn9 I agree, but I mean compared to other instruments it IS a lot easier to get a nice sound on and the fingerings are easier than that of say a flute or clarinet. : ) But I agree : ) I've recently picked up clarinet and I have to say it's a lot harder to bend the pitch on. I dunno why... Anyways! :D

[DillonNicholsonTV]

Nah lol

[imakid2468]

thanks dude

[omegaweapon123]

Oh man! thanks so much!!! haha finally figured it out!!! Can't thank you enough :)

[motherrussia12]

we will miss you!

-kimberly high students

[imonlyhuman31]

Thank you!

Maraming Salamat po!

[fishyboyx1st]

Much better thank that expert village guy, thanks!!

[zernestro]

yeah, expert villagepeople usually do suck.

[ruben119]

you are awesome :]

[evillovespell]

wow.. thank you!!! i just started getting lessons after playing for 8 years.. my teacher failed at teaching me vibrato and i paid a good 25 for that lesson.. and here you are perfectly showing the technique for free! thanks! it really helps! <3

[Garutun]

i play tenor. used to play alto. still first chair.

[chicostacos4]

THAT'S a band hall?

It has tile....

Not good.....

[Musician0at0Work]

not his fault...

[Trixxterboy]

i have a couple questions: for the exercise why use triplet pulses instead of 16th note pulses? also in a generic song when a saxophone plays vibrato on a whole note do they usually use triplet pulses or 16th or 8th note pulses or are they all interchangeable

[mmcveigh17]

Good questions. The triplet pulse is fairly arbitrary. I use it because it seems natural for many students. I also seems easy to progress in terms of tempo, and I feel that with that pulse derivation students are less like to force vibrato. As far as implementation that is a whole new video, but vibrato should be practiced so that it happens subconciously. I avoid a consistant "pulse" in my vibrato when I perform. The pulse is just for practice.

[Kalsno]

thans for posting this

very informative ;)

[SaxymanMLC]

The song he plays in the end is Mvt. 1 from Henri Eccles' Sonata for Alto Sax and Piano (in G Minor) I played it (along with Mvts. 2 and 4) for my senior year high school solo/ensemble competition. I received the exemplary soloist award. It's a great song, and I would recommend it to any intermediate/advanced player

[Belovedo3]

thanks alot buddy..this video helps alot.

[bLuEnOsEbLeEd]

good vid, REALLLLLY quiet though

[PirateBand57]

thank you very much. very helpful!

[yoko102308]

This is so helpful~ I plan on playing Eugene Bozza's Aria for Alto Sax and i saw some videos of people playing well but with people saying it needed vibrato. Now I understand~ I'll start practicing how to do this!

[melloyellophone]

Haha I'm learning that one! It's pretty, and it really does need vibrato on those long notes. (I'm learning vibrato for the first time after years and years of playing in concert and marching band.)

[renewong32]

what instrument should learn before learning the saxophone would be better? because my music teacher told me to learn something else first before the saxophone but i forgot what is it . could someone please tell me what is it ??? thx

[mmcveigh17]

I would recommend clarinet. You still get the benefit of learning to manipulate a reed instrument. The fingering systems are similar- but not identical. Also, if you progress as a woodwind player, the demands of professional saxophone playing will be to have doubling ability on both flute and clarinet. I don't think it is absolutely necessary to learn anything before playing the saxophone- but beginning on clarinet can certainly bring its advantages.

[renewong32]

thank you

[yogurtmonster]

uoy knaht

[daabest1]

@renewong32 learn piano too it is an awesome base for instruments it helps you better understand the bass and treble clefs and how they come together

[keepitclenched]

nice video man

[orangeparade]

you have extremely beautiful tone! and this is a VERY good tutorial video! produce more! like, how to produce good tone and such. i've been practicing tone for horribly long and still haven't got the satisfactory one. i know it has many factors, but teach me how to practice efficiently!

[comedynerd2632]

hi im working on vibrato and ive been working on it for about over 5 months and i ty to do my vibrato and i do pretty good one tempos around 65 and below but if i go any faster it sounds uneven and attacked at random points while im playing vibrato and it doesnt sound clean and subtle and i dont konw if its because i play the note with too much of it or not enough or if could even be my embouchure so if you or someone could help me out that would be awesome

[mmcveigh17]

What rhythmic pulse are you practicing at 65? I find that differentiating the rhythmic pulse can really make a difference in speeding up the vibrato. I am not advocating that you perform with a prescribed rhythmic pulse. But, if you are currunty doing a 16th note pulse vibrato at 65, try doing a triplet based vibrato and see if you can push the metronome marking higher.

[sdi8080]

@comedynerd2632

play vibrato at faster tempos are easier b/c

1) it doesnt take as much air to play phrases

2) using each wave of vibrato helps to subdivide and keep you in time with the beat

[esong137]

That is a vibrato. It's using your diaphragm to vibrate the tone. There are 3 different kinds of vibrato and it's mouth, diaphragm, and your throat. got it?

[WoWGates]

ha. i mean specifically his first one. but all of them as well. and no that is not vibrato. you create vibrato with your lower jaw.

[kwchang007]

It depends, on the saxophone, it's made by moving the lower jaw. On other instruments it's made by using the diaphragm, instruments like the flute, also singers use their diaphragm. And you can use your diaphragm for sax, it's just most people don't (I don't know anyone that does).

[GLAN1951]

Thanks for putting this up. It is a real, non-technical, clearly explained lesson in vibrato. I just wish some others (Expert Village?) would follow your example. It has been a great help to me (a beginner), showed me what and how I should play, what I should sound like and how to practice. Well done.