Violin Vibrato Trick (please view other vibrato vids first)

Visit www.toddehle.com - An interesting trick I learned from Margery Aber, using what I believe can be called Impulse, or "Finger" vibrato to help generate a wrist/hand vibrato.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• violin
• technique
• lesson
• todd
• ehle
• impulse
• vibrato

[sedgarandrew]

ProfessorV thanks to you, I learned how to do a vibrato! When I was watching your previous vids, I didn't get anything at all, but when I watched this vid, I was amazed! It sounds very good. Now I can play for anyone who has a special day! Thank you very much. But is it bad to not practice the wrist and arm vibrato? :) I'm so relieved to learn it! It feels like I am the 2 students that you were talking about! Thanks! :)

[professorV]

Hi sedgarandrew, I'm glad it helped you. Now that you a good start on the vibrato, I'd suggest you go back to the hand/wrist vibrato video and work on control of the motion. In the end, you can even use different width and speed to make your vibrato even more appealing. Consider this trick the booster rocket that got you off the ground! Good luck!!

[Maestrp37388]

Four!

This works for me and helps me start transferring wieght.  I just want to know if this is acceptigble to be used in academic settings.

[professorV]

It's really just to get the wrist vibrato working. Think of it as a jump start for wrist vibrato.  I do not continue bouncing the finger, although I hear Fritz Kreisler did exactly that. Anyway, once your wrist/hand vibrato is working it will be accepted by everyone.

[EvieHippie]

Eep! Better make that three!!! I got it!!! It really helped!!!

This is unrelated to the lesson, but I was just wondering... I know you said that vibratos are rarely done with the first finger, but is there ever a case where a vibrato will be performed behind the nut, to oscillate the open string? As in a guitar?

[professorV]

Great!

The way to create vibrato with an open string is to vibrate the same note, only up one octave - meaning 3rd finger on the next sring up (bow open G string while vibrating 3rd finger on the D string). It works best with the G and D.

[hairoftehdog]

Ugh, tease. Didn't work for me. My hand didn't start that sway

[lakjtj]

Well, I tried it and I IMMEDIATELY was able to get a decent vibrato! I'd been trying for weeks to the point where my wrist hurt and I feared I was getting carpal tunnel syndrome. I can tell that with practice I will have a full wrist vibrato in no time. Thank you so much!!

[lakjtj]

This makes so much sense and I cannot wait to try it.

[penztoy]

OMG You are the man! I got it... I finally was able to translate this into the wrist & the arm as well very easily. Oh how I look forward to practice now. I can only spend 3 hrs a day but now my scales are like a concert! thank you...

[whysricewhite]

Thank you so much, you are an amazing teacher :).

[TH3BUSH1D0]

Wow. 3 minutes and 2 seconds ago I had no first finger vibrato. Thanks!!!!!!!

[jmteodones]

Hi professorv,

Well, I'm a beginner, and my teacher told me to look at your videos to study how vibrato works.

And now I've watched your hand vibrato video, and this one.

I find it that the Finger Vibrato is my foundation for developing Hand Vibrato.

Thanks!

[dumbstuff107]

i still don't get it everytime i do the vibrato my bow moves with it .... please help thank u :)

[mind2539]

can i ask something? when you play vibrato , do your finger always put weight on your string or lose and put and lose and put ?

(sorry i'm from thailand)

[luisramon2000]

i learned it myself by just messing around with violin im a beginner