More Violin Vibrato Help

[lounacandelaria]

hi professorV, how do you move your wrist? Is it side by side or back and forth? I'm trying to watch closely on the video but I cannot catch up which direction you move your wrist hehe. Thanks!

[professorV]

Hi lounacandelaria, this video is really about the fingertip motion in vibrato. Watch my videos on wrist/hand and arm vibrato for the other motions. Good luck.

[Beamshipcaptain]

Really great! After playing 'cello for over 4 decades, I just bought a new violin, and this really gives me a lot of hope and joy. HUGE fan of classical music, and rock (KANSAS) and jazz-fusion (Jean-Luc Ponty) as well! MANY many thanks for your great lessons!

[professorV]

Hi Beamshipcaptain, thanks for your kind post and good luck!

[flourescentinflux]

Sir you are by far the clearest of all the tutorial vids. you know exactly what you are doing and such a level of clarity can only come from experience. We appreciate with much gratitude your efforts to put up your videos. THANK YOU.

[professorV]

Thanks for that, flourescentinflux.  You are welcome.

[legolasfan143]

hi i like just started watching these and i really cant get vibrato. i seem to be moving my whole hand and cant seem to make the right noise it always sounds bad.

[Mykelserano16]

should my palm attach to the body of the violin when i do vibrato? plss advice

[domo4355]

hello professor i just was wondering if vibrato in violin is easier than in a viola somehow if i vibrato in violin i get a perfect vibrato but if i vibrato in a viola its just not the same and am a viola player its it different

[MetaFrog1990]

hello professor v, my name is maurice and i have been playing violin for about 1-1/2 yr....i have been taking some classes at a local university here in houston....( Univ. of St. Thomas) i seem to be coming along slowly but surely....working on suzuki 2 workbook....just giving you a little idea where i am in playing violin.... when doing vibrato...should the wrist move side to dies or back and forth as i THINK that is the way you are doing it.....what am i missing

[b3nl3y]

hey professor V, I've tough times practicing vibrato as i found that the side of my first finger tends to hold up the neck to support the weight of the violin and this makes it a bit harder for me. Please advise

[professorV]

@b3nl3y, If that's the case, try bringing your thumb under the neck a little more, which will help support the instrument (and also set the fingers higher, making the pinkie easier to use). Just make sure you keep your wrist straight (some people push the wrist out when they change the position). FYI; I do keep the contact between the neck and the side of the first finger in (low positions), but only very lightly, allowing the skin to just brush against the neck.

[MrKennyBones]

How are you able to even move either the wrist or fingers without dropping the violin? I can't even move my wrist at all while still holding the violin up. This is an electric Stagg violin though, which is a bit heavier. But still, muscle memory is probably key here, my hands, fingers or wrist have never moved like this before. And I'm in my mid 20's. Is it too late to even try to begin to play the violin?

[squashdudes]

You said "so you can vibrato better" in the beginning but it's actually "so you can vibrate better."...just saying.

[simplyduende]

word

[aserher215]

WOW!!! you are just great yourself!!! thanks for the dedication of teaching to us God bless you!!! you are a bless!!!

[blakedan]

Hi, I'm from Venezuela. to play slow pieces lately I've noticed that my vibrato is 80% of arm, but my wrist is completely motionless. does not sound bad, but I would like to know that I recommended him to start moving, I am concerned that fix these things when one has created a bad habit is very difficult. Daniel.

[anmajumder]

Just feeling short of words to Thank you professor ..what I got that flexibility on the first knuckle is the key for vibrato and please tell me if I want to make an intense wrist vibrato should I generate it with the first knuckle ?i.e do I have to flat my knuckle more ? if yes then what metronome speed I should set to achieve it? I longe for vibrato.

[amylfall]

No wonder I couldn't get it. I've been trying to do vibrato rolling my fingers sideways instead of from front to back. :-P

[SujinsWorld]

how do you trill?

[BLACK67031]

thasks for video for uruguay students

[CpJubie]

LOL yayy!!! this is so awesome and soooo helpful!!! i was wondering this for such a loonngg time but never encountered this video until now ;DDD you surely think about everything and you are so awesome for respoding to other people's questions ;DDD

[amjPeace]

Thank you so much!!!!! I think this is going to make a big difference for me!

[MSzkliniarz]

The table tip is great. Hope I'll get it someday :) Thanks a lot.

[pazteur2007]

when i do this, there are times that i produce a sort of semi-harmonic tone. or in guitar, we call it pinched harmonic.. is it that i have a wrong finger practice on vibratos?

[doritoserentos]

Thanks a lot !!! You are super muper teacher!!

[EvieHippie]

No one can explain things like you! I've been stuck in a rut with vibrato for a week, unable to stop the instrument from shaking... The way you break it down makes it much easier to learn.

[argyne654]

Thanks a lot!!! But my sub. for the real vibrato was just pressing and releasing the string, is it the same effect/ sound produced?

[Volatile314]

Not exactly, I think... Normal vibrato never lets go of the string, so the sound should be different in some aspect.

Learn both and compare! :)

[pazteur2007]

@argyne654 i do that too.. hmm. it's a problem to me..

[eligarsan]

muchas gracias por esta lección, me ha ayudado mucho en mi aprendizaje del violin

[JRat444]

dude this guy is the shit

[jiangteng]

thanks that is really helpful!!!!!!!!

best vibratolesson i have ever seen.

Thx alot professor.

[olokies]

thanks, im only using wrist vibrato coz its easier, i find the slide thingy vibrato hard,,

[daisex]

Thanks. That helped!

[koiangel4u]

thanks.......for your help.sir you are doing a great job.

[alligence]

excellent

[Wishrachi]

Woohoo i do it at my desk

[DEVIMON111213]

thanks prof v.... God will return the favor to you..... your a very nice person..... im from phils too...

[buckweed226]

wow thanx for the tips! please make more lessons on the vibrato on violin thank you very much!

[Sokkata]

OMG, that a an awesome lesson. THANK YOU SOO MUCH.

It helped a lot, i'll definitely try that trick.

And i have the same problem as babai2345, is there anything that we can do for that?

[luiedaclan]

Thanks alot professor for the video. it very helpful. And I'm still practicing it til now.

[elifistanb]

You are just sooo helpful. My teacher doesn't teach like you do. Please keep helping us learners!

Greetings from Turkey!

[xMirax]

i see that absolute flat nails are essential for this technique huh

[NearIsLove]

thank you so much . (:

♥

[vagabonda1982]

thank you professor..I 'm try to learn the violin by myself and your videos are helpful..I hope that one day i will able to make some kind of vibrato..

eheheh .Greetings from Italy

[babai2345]

Hello!

Your lessons are priceless!

I come from guitar background and have no problem doing vibrato on a violin in "guitar position", both wrist and arm types, but as soon as I place the violin on my shoulder, my hand locks and won't move.

Works fine up against a wall though.

Any ideas how to get it working?

Many Thanks, professor!

[tontonpabilonia]

thank you professor. im from philippines and your videos are very helpful since teachers here is very few and fees are high. more power

[MissCartoonist]

Hello, I just watched your entire playlist about vibrato, it was very helpful. Thanks a lot. :)

[acap1314]

thank you

[violinat40plus]

You tips are very helpful - thank you!

[juanguiithax]

oh thank but I no speak english, I no understand you :(

I try (:

[VukancicABulcici]

Your are great,

In Bosnia Violinists are popular like Rockstars in America

[VukancicABulcici]

Very impressive professor , It would be interesting to see you playin in a Bosnian folklore Bend it would be awesome . Greetings from Croatia....

[professorV]

VukancicABulcici - Your videos are very interesting! I enjoyed listening (and watching) them very much.

[sahilrupa]

hi

kindly help me

how to play counter part or background music on violin if someone is singing and useing chords g, f, c or a minor etc.

kindly help me.

thanks you

[studentoflife01]

Do you bend your second (or third) nuckle at all?

[professorV]

Hi, With arm vibrato you will see some motion in the base knuckle (closest knuckle to the hand). The middle knuckle doesn't move much, but nothing should be rigid or held tight.

[lisalilsmartass]

wow good tip!! I still find it very hard to even do that movement on a desk as my fingers (knuckles) are double jointed and go right the other way :( I was wondering do you have any students who had the same problem? How did you resolve the issue?

Thanks

[evermarc]

Thank you very much for the excellent tip Sir .

[mespiritu93]

thanks for the video.. I was wondering, my son has been playing for around 8 years now, but his teacher says that his vibrato is too fast.. What is the best way to slow down his vibrato and control it?

[professorV]

Hi, Counting the numbers of vibrato cycles (back and forward motion) per second can be very helpful. Paul Rolland said the speed (rate) of the average artistic vibrato is just under seven cycles per second. To get a speed of seven per second, set a metronome to 105 (or 104 on many metronomes), then try to get four motions in each beat. To get eight per cycles per second, set it at 120. You should figure out his current speed and attempt to work it down with the metronome. Good luck!

[blitzr]

@mespiritu93 I had the same problem. My teacher, who plays in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra told me the problem comes from the forearm. If you stiff up your forearm, and you press the string really hard, you won't be able to control the vibrato. You have to tell him to loosen up the wrist. Another student of his had to goto the hospital for rehab because she couldn't loosen up her forearm, and eventually injured it.

[Sylfira]

Wow thank you!that completes my teacher explanations!

[musicrocks9]

Thanks a lot!

You explained really well.

[eranu08]

hey thanks, you are a brilliant teacher.

but i have a problem with my vibrato. i am a begginer and when i do it i can't help but hitting the pegs constantly when i'm in 2nd or 3rd position or lower and also hitting the side of my hand against the neck. Also as i speed up i start throwing the violin up and down and find it very hard to control. I have atributted this to my big hands so far, but also recon it's from persistent guitar habbits as i am primarily a guitarist. Any tips or advice?

[Castukki]

Thankss a lot!!

I'll learn to play violin next year (if I can say next year, hehe, because it's almost 2009), and all the advices you give to your "online students" are really, really helpful. And I know they'll be useful for me too :)... So thanks again!!!

[eduardmuli]

Professor V... thank you very much for posting videos like this... it helps me a lot

[iplehguitar]

helpful but i hold my violin in a diffrent way... instead of the finger tips pointing to the bridge my finger tips point more towards the thumb than the bridge...

[manyapearl]

great... you're a good teacher!

[andreah7727]

you´re really great - thanks so much!!!

[starwarsrocks29]

thank u sooooooooooo much

[jfposada1608]

thank you! thank you very much! your tips are very usefull! I will love to hear some pieces played by you!

[saxypink]

What a fantastic violin teacher you are! I have just started out at the ripe old (?) age of 32, and your videos have really come in useful. I have a lot to learn - but I'm certain your lessons will really help :-) Just one question - is it more difficult as you get older to learn an instrument such as the violin? Will progress be slower, or does it simply depend on how much I put into it? Thanks in advance :0)

[dunvegan100]

Professor V, Please post a video on where the vibrato motion is generated from. My teacher says that regardless of what kind of vibrato you are doing...it all starts from the elbow. That doesn't make sense to me. Where do you feel the motion is generated from for each kind of vibrato?

Thanks

[11ccom]

Thanks

[mystupidusernamehere]

Hi Mr. Ehle, I'm watching just like you told me to.

[xXShippuudenXx]

Thanks for the help

[Linuxica]

I admire you.

I've read your blog and now I know you're a great teacher but I think you're a better person too!

Thanks for your classes and for your dedication.

I wish I could repay somehow.

[professorV]

Hi Linuxica, Thanks for the note. I hope you are doing well!

[juliaCSL]

THANK YOU!!! gonna practice that..your students are lucky to have such a dedicated teacher!

[professorV]

Thanks, JuliaCSL. Best of luck to you!

[omega770]

Talk about timing! I was just telling myself to develop my vibrato.

Then that's when I saw this! LOL

I'll definitely try that during class. Should keep me awake at least :D

Much appreciated Professor!

[balletpointe87]

I LOVE your videos- you are so helpful!!!

[professorV]

Thank you!

[antoniodalaniz]

Harry Potter book!

[nicoletaxi]

"En toute entreprise c'est au commencement qu'il faut apporter le plus de soin. "

Shu Ji

[nicoletaxi]

Bref je parle pas un anglais terrible, j'apprécie votre enseignement qui je dois le souligner me paraît bien convaincant au-delà du language qui laisse une barrière sur le chemin de la compréhension... Mon amour du violon est une longue histoire si vous saviez comment il m'est venu !!

Je pense que c'est cela qui en partie à donné tout le sens de ma vie et la mise sur le bon chemin, en réalité chaque jour j'en prend, encore un peu plus, conscience.

[nicoletaxi]

you're good painter m Ehle but not like me ; )

[nicoletaxi]

yes great idea .... i don't speak so good english for understand when m Ehle speak so i just watch

[OriginalMoonbeam]

great idea, will give it a try

[nicoletaxi]

you're a beautiful smile M Ehle : ) i'm completely in love.. violin, violin i love violin

[nicoletaxi]

maybe it's a stupid question cause i want to play all the time : ) ... but it's not true for my neighbour!

[nicoletaxi]

Hi i'm a beginner violinist, i have a question for you, how many hours/day, i must to work with my violin for to obtain an very good performance ?

[professorV]

Hi nicoletaxi, It depends on how quickly you can learn. However, the goal should be to see improvement every time you practice instead of just practicing a pre-determined amount of time. Set small goals and keep challenging yourself, but make sure the goals are reasonable. This way you will feel successful instead of defeated. Best of luck to you!

[nicoletaxi]

you are never tired :)