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Topic: Circular Vibrato? Anyone uses it? |
Francisco Castillo
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 11:28 am |
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Playing guitar i learned different vibratos. Traditional, pressing and circular.
Days ago i tried circular Vibrato and loved it.
Anyone uses it? |
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Andy Volk
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 12:09 pm
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By circular vibrato, do mean rolling the bar?
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Levi Gemmell
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 3:03 pm
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Jeff Au Hoy is an excellent example of just how good a circular vibrato is. I’m with you, Francisco!
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Nic Neufeld
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 3:09 pm
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There's this technique from Fernando Perez...not quite circular vibrato, but a circular movement pattern with the bar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIl7jVwjcWM&t=1006s
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Phillip Vaught
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 4:53 pm vibrato
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Mr. Piburn teaches the circular motion in his dvds as a choice, nice for the slow songs i have found.
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Francisco Castillo
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 5:48 pm
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
| By circular vibrato, do mean rolling the bar? |
Hi.
I mean doing a circular movement with the hand.
Try it.
I'm working on it for super slow 3 dimensional vibrato.... |
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 7:25 pm Circles
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I picked up the technique from a Jerry Byrd Video, he describes it as tiny circles like a pencil eraser.
The tighter the better, more control , a cool vibrato to get that just a little amount.
You can go clock wise or anti clockwise as it fits the moment.
It is not a whole bar but the action end of the tone bar, with some down pressure usually on one or two strings at a time.
Hope this helps.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 28 Nov 2020 2:07 am
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Vibrato is an emotional thing, and thus hard to pin down, much less teach.
My first instrument is trombone, which has three types of vibrato. As with steel guitar, a little goes a long way. Success comes when the listener isn't aware of why it sounds good.
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Andy Volk
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Posted 28 Nov 2020 5:52 am
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Ah yes. I use that method sometimes. There are a number of ways to approach vibrato. One way is the way trumpet players and vocalists like Ella would do it ... hit the note flat then gradually add vibrato as the note decays.
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Nic Neufeld
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Posted 28 Nov 2020 7:25 am
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Vibrato can be very distinctive. Two of the most unique vibrato sounds, to me, are Billy Hew Len (who had to apply vibrato more with his arm, for obvious reasons!) and Andy Iona. For instance, this tune, it feels like Andy is pulling more sustain out of the note with his aggressive vibrato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLSRu7K5pk
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David M Brown
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Posted 28 Nov 2020 12:50 pm
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| Nic Neufeld wrote: |
| Vibrato can be very distinctive. Two of the most unique vibrato sounds, to me, are Billy Hew Len (who had to apply vibrato more with his arm, for obvious reasons!) and Andy Iona. |
Two favorites! great individual style players, thanks for mentioning them. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Nov 2020 3:00 pm
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Vibrato is a topic we've talked about a lot in my approx. 23 years on this forum. Search and you'll see a number of illuminating threads. Rick Aiello did some very cool oscilloscope studies on Andy Iona and others vibrato signatures.
Here's what Buddy Emmons said in 2003:
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| For slow songs, I lift the fingers off the strings in back of the bar and use a subtle roll that varies depending on the tempo or feel of the song. I’ve found that when I move the bar from side to side, or place the fingers on the strings in back of the bar, the overtones I like to hear integrated into the sound either diminish or disappear completely. I like to hear a vibrato integrated into the sound only when needed and not treated as a constant you feel is necessary. In time, you relax and your inner feelings dictate the type of vibrato best suited for what you’re playing. In the mean time, if it hurts when you do it a certain way, don’t do it that way. |
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