This is Why You Suck at Guitar, Lesson 36DD: Your Vibrato SUCKS
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- It's a wounded bird! It's a drunk mosquito! It's Stevie Nicks! NOPE, it's... your horrible vibrato! Bad vibrato ruins lives. "But Uncle Ben", you say, "I can sweep faster than Yngwie's maid, and my picking is faster than a cheetah on a speed boat"... it doesn't matter. If you land on a note and give it a disgusting spastic wiggle, you send a very clear message that you don't know what you're doing. Lucky for you, i'm here to expose to you why your vibrato made your real dad abandon you so long ago.
I'm going to take you through the 4 main styles of vibrato (finger, wrist, side to side, and circular {aka Vaibrato}), show you how to stop making them sound terrible, then wrap you up with a handful of Illuminati ProTips before turning you loose on the world, armed with the secrets of the Shredi Knights. You're welcome, in advance.
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Thanks for watching kids. Let me know what you suck at, and i'll help you out. Cheers!
I've only just started taking this aspect of my playing seriously. You will be a rivalling UA-cam superpower one day Ben... And you must be stopped. If there's a swarm of harpies outside your house... I summoned them.
MWAAAHAHAHAHAHA me and my growing legion of Suckamaniacs cannot be stopped! Maniacal laugh!!! MANIACAL LAUGH!!!!
Ben Eller Chris Zoupa THIS IS AMAZING! YOU ARE THE BEST GUITAR TEACHERS ON UA-cam
Yes I watch all your lessons Chris, you're a very good player but sometimes your vibrato is not perfect.. I see your progression and the difference ! Your vibrato is better ;) And now I know why, because you work it :p
Ben maybe you can do a lesson for the bend ??? It's an important technique of the guitar playing, like the vibrato. Every one thinks about shredding and speed but forgive the basics...
Ben Eller Suckamaniacs!!lmao !!Epic!!
It becomes true 5 years later
I may not shred, but my vibrato makes the ladies melt.
No joke, it's all about the vibrato. A good vibrato can make one note ring beautifully!
Same
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It doesn't rhyme dude....
@@herpesfreesince0386 I may not shred, but my vibrato makes the ladies dead.
by melting
Your straight faced humor and innuendos had me laughing out loud. Great lesson, I will be watching more. Thank you..
Robert Martin thanks Robert!!
+Robert Martin "You're moms favourite, side to side vibrato" *stoneface*
He doesn't smile or laugh at his own jokes, which sells his jokes! LMAO! I love this guy!
“From the shrieking wail of yoko ono”
Amazing lesson and hilarious to boot. "Clowns who hit trash cans in Slipknot".
I'm literally crying laughing watching this part now. ben is a savage
OMG, I've been playing for over 30 years, and I like to think I'm a fairly good player. I massively struggled with my Vibrato in the beginning, and I got so frustrated learning what my teacher called "hand" vibrato, that I quit lessons, and invented my own hybrid of finger vibrato, and side-to-side vibrato. I have gotten pretty proficient at this bastardized technique, and I don't think anyone could really tell... but I could. When I would listen to the top players, sure, I could play almost anything I heard and practiced, but it never sounded as good as the person I was emulating. I knew all along it was my vibrato technique, but I never admitted it until a year ago. That's when I started watching countless video after video trying to learn the proper technique. This always resulted in me getting frustrated as hell, and going back to my old method. ... Until Now! (sorry to be dramatic, but it really was life changing. I mean I'm 48 and I've played for 33 years and I never felt 100% confident in my playing until I watched your video about an hour ago, and in just one hour, I have improved my technique a ton. Nobody explained it right, until I saw your video. Nothing against the other teachers, they're not stupid, and I'm not either. It's just when you've done something a certain way, the wrong way, for 33 years, it's extremely difficult to unlearn and relearn. The "door" analogy (specifically being half-open) just clicked with me. Thanks so much for the help. Thank God for UA-cam.
Jason Wilde that’s awesome!!! Thank you so much, man.
I never realized I was such a guitar submissive. However, you pointing out how much I suck feels warm and caring. I know you are just tearing me down to build me up again, so I feel safe. :-)
this is exactly what I think!!
“A guitar submissive” that’s an interesting phrase😭
Dude!!!. I've just started playing and I could not figure this out for the life of me. You've just made it absolutely clear. Thank you so much.
Happy to help! Have fun!
Please do a 'Your bending sucks' video. Would be awesome.
Watching these videos for entertainment almost as much as the actual lessons. The sweep picking lesson was awesome. Thanks Dude.
haha awesome, thank you!
I watched 30 seconds of this video and decided you were the man to teach me the vibrato. You have acquired my whole faith in the span of your intro. I'm just another man who wants suddenly occurring explosions when I play.
Dude thank you!!! Glad to hear it (and so is everyone else, now that your vibrato is in shape!)!!!
Did this guy seriously just slam Stevie Nicks? No, man, no!
Once I heard that, it was time to look at another video.
Well, I understand why.
i fucking love you. jesus man.
Oh Jim!!!!!!
I play guitar since 15 years. You made me improve and better understand vibrato in only 30min. Great video
Man I feel bad for Kirk. Everyone's bashing him nowadays 😂
Led Zeppelin It seems like everyone shits on Lars and Kirk
At least Kirk is slightly more talented than Lars
TheRightChoiceTV its not because they are shitty musicians, but rather because that entire band got complacent after becoming millionaires from the black album
I've never heard anyone bash Kirks playing until internet forums. Growing up with 80's Metallica I've always thought his solo's fit the songs perfectly and still do. He's written some iconic ones and even the ones where it's just bursts of flash and whammy pulls/dives complimented the song and was rarely overdone. The past 25 years he's seemed to phone it in but the direction Metallica took it's hard to put all the blame on him. Their worst album didn't even call for any. I know he was suffering injuries that effected his playing in the early 90's and I wonder if things got progressively worse. That along with not being inspired creatively and years going by without keeping your chops up(after the giant TBA tour Metallica didn't play near as much) has left Kirk a shadow of the player he was in his 20's. There was a time when it wasn't all wah trills for his live solo's.
Yeah..discovering this series has gotten through to me, where others haven't worked. Just a fantastic job, it must've taken a long time and a lot of work to do these. Really appreciated Sir, thank you!
thank you Frank!!! I really appreciate it man!
"The string doesn't know" he said in his usual confident tone, immediately giving way to certain rumours being whispered amongst the good people of the township concerning Benjamin's insights into the secret lives of the strings.
I feel like you should write books, because I am instantly interested in what happens next.
Mikkel Jørgensen , yeah what happened next to the good people of the township? And how do they know Ben? Great comments to another great vid...chanted the priest in a moments lapse of concentration (sorry stole that from Sabbat)
As long as I've been playing, I never stopped to perfect my vibrato or pinch harmonics...this can be seen on my latest YJM Evil Eye solo video, like hitting a brick wall on the vibrato. Glad I found your vids, they're cool and funny.
LMDAVE29 thanks a lot for watching, man!
This is exactly the video I was looking for. I've been playing professionally for over 45 years. I tour, I have numerous albums out, but I always felt my vibrato was not what it should be, although it sounded "okay". I read an interview with Leslie West where he mentioned his technique was like jerking off (sorry, his words), but I couldn't figure out what he meant. I met a guy who studied with him, and he gave me a five minute lesson, but I still didn't really get it.
This video covers the various methods. Mine was mainly a finger bend vibrato, which over a period of years was solid, but limited. The wrist method is, to me, VERY uncomfortable, but after a couple of days practicing it is getting better. The speed is not great, I can't get a decent 16th note vibrato and even triplets on a bend at 152 is dicey, but I'm thinking it will get better with practice.
If anyone can answer this question, though, I'd appreciate it:
I notice there is a good amount of pressure on my thumb. More when I'm bending a note, which makes sense, but even when I'm not - upward vibrato requires sold contact between the thumb and neck. Downward vibrato doesn't seem to need that. I saw a video of BB King going over his style, and his thumb isn't even on the neck! Not at all! So is this an indication that I'm not positioning my hand correctly, or is that just the way he, personally, played? I'd hate to be practicing a new technique the wrong way - especially at my (somewhat) advanced age. Since we're all in home quarantine at this point, it's a good time to fix up my techniques...
Whatever you do as a guitar player. DO NOT sound like Kirk Hammet's vibrato.
Dan D Or his playing in overall.
Dan D Correct, that's Waht guitarists should avoid.
Sounding like you did some sort of speed up drug that breaks your fingers in the procces? (I think o found his secrets)
Nice trolls. You know this will piss people off.
Silas Sell Right, butthurt Metallica fans incoming who never touched a guitar in their entire life.
Another fine video, Mr. Eller. All those explosions in this video must have you running low on explosives. Have you considered trying clean burning propane? It's less wasteful and more efficient.
Hahaha, I laughed more than I probably should have at that.
Taste the food, not the fuel..
Brilliant video Ben! I've watched numerous vibrato videos and none were this detailed and easy to follow. I can't wait to get home to try them out and master vibrato(s) once and for all! 😎🎸🤟 Thank you!
"wrist vibrato.. your moms favorite!" Then he said side to side vibrato.. i was totally expecting a "my favorite" LOL
Omg this the
most authentic and perfect vibrato tutorials in UA-cam...thank u sj much👍
92 Kirk Hammett fans checked in to this video.
That guy's vibrato sucks!
haha I've heard some people ripping on Kirk's "bad" vibrato, but I've never noticed it. So it's really a thing?
His vibrato on the Disposable Heroes solo was amazing.
dt scork That's why I love Marty Friedman
Bro, I'm a newbie on guitar as I started playing like 2 months ago , but your videos got me going big time . It finally sounds like a guitar and not like a frog vomiting . Thank you !
I think this is the only video I've watched where someone has made a successful juxtaposition between the singing abilities of Yoko Ono and Norah Jones.
Very enlightening. I play more than 20 years ago and I always noticed that there's a problem with my vibrato, but now I could realize what I did wrong and how to make it better. Thank you!
man, this guy is hilarious!!!!
Lesson 36DD - that was real handful!
You have a real gift for teaching Ben, keep them coming.
When you rewatch his videos because of how damn funny they are
When you said "more weight, more power....I think Oprah said that..." I was laughing so hard I missed the next minute of the lesson.
Great information, and very musical playing and advice, probably the best video online, some of the innuendos though .... Thanks a lot!
bzeliotis thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Good advice
I just stumbled across your video and thought from the title you were going to be a complete tool. However, this is one of the most informative, well done guitar lessons I've seen on UA-cam. You are a natural teacher. Thanks for a great lesson that kept my attention all the way through! I've subscribed and given you my most sincere thumbs up.
really solid explanation. subscribed.
Fantastic lesson! I just revisited this one again today, and it is such a great lesson! The whole thing is excellent but the wrist vibrato section in particular is my favorite!! Keep the lessons coming Uncle Ben!
Dear Uncle Ben,
I've been goofing off with guitar for like, what... 14 years!? I've learned a metric boat-load of songs but only the chords. My timing is down pat and I have a lot of knowledge of chords. I just started practicing scales and am starting to dabble in music theory. I've always played on acoustic but after all the scale practice, I'm starting to think an electric guitar would be pretty sweet to play with. What can I do so I don't suck at guitar? I really want to be able to pick up an ax and just throw down a groovy lick. I got 3/5 of the shapes of the major scale down pretty good. How do I put it together to sound cool? Help me o'Ben Eller! You're my only hope!
Just for the record, these videos are all really good. Every time a question enters my head, you immediately answer exactly that question. It's almost creepy. Thanks for the uploads.
hm. i didnt realize this video was supposed to be a bra.. back to seriousness, could you please do a video called "your timing sucks"
oldGnRrocks1 good call! thanks for watching!
Andie Harper cool story
Yes please! Timing is what I struggle with the most as a musician!
That could be part of the reason for sure. But even if I'm not using a pick, timing issues are still there, so I believe it's a more fundamental problem.
just commenting to say how much i love your profile picture. DT is amazing
Clear even vibrato is a crucial guitar skill. You’re the first UA-cam teacher that I’ve seen to offer this kind of lesson - how to hold your hand, what the vibrato motion should feel like, etc. Thank you! I think you’ve improved my technique immeasurably.
I’ll let the other guys rip the fast-pick solos. I’m gonna be practicing my vibrato.
Make one about Bending the strings i suck at it.
likelylike good idea!
checked this video and was glad to find that I was already doing all of this.
I need a "your right hand thrash rhythm technique sucks". like, now.
maikol as soon as you start being sweet :)
how
Ben Eller please?
Keep up the no-bullshit teaching technique. One of your 20 minute videos gets me further than a week's practice because it reminds me that there's no excuse for sucking!
Ben Eller I’m having issues with my down vibrato. For example, if I down vibrato my G string, I accidentally hammer on my b string.
Love these lessons ... great humor thrown in between informative education..keep 'em up!
Thanks for the awesome videos
Perhaps you might consider making a video for us red headed step kids who decided to take it upon ourselves to be self taught and in the process neglected to learn how to play chords. Mucho suckage there on my part fer sher.
Peace out!
good idea!!! thank you!
Looking forward to more videos! Its the little pointers across your vids which will stick with me forever now! Thanks heaps mate!
Brad Butler sick, thank YOU!
Another great way to learn better vibrato is to play David Gilmour stuff.
Old-Flabby Man-Thighs truth!
And, wat do you think about alkarno quick singer alchemist vibrator? Heard its a really good one.
Ranjani Shankar Vibrator??? O_o'
Damn, you forgot to mention BB King at wrist vibrato!
Damn, true story!!!!
Because his vibrato is atrocious
@@Quantumface begone troll
This is without doubt the most descriptive lesson on Vibrato....answered all the questions that were bothering me...Thank you.
Its like my wrist has the inability to move like a door hinge :(
EXCELLENT description of the wrist vibrato technique. Thank you so much.
KIRK HAMMETT SHOULD WATCH THIS!
Bahadır Aksoy lol i wasn't gonna say it!
Bahadır Aksoy 149 Kirk Hammett & Lars Ulrich so far
Your jokes are hilarious. Your teaching, is great. Fine combo. You’re going places. Sincerely - Stepdad
You kind sir just won a subscriber based of awesome humor xD
Shreddus Maximus was genious. Love your combination of a really well considered method of teaching with great humor.
I would really like to see some more complex solos with a mix of all techniques, have been missing stuff like that. You know 3 to 5 string sweep with alt and legato picked in between, and compliments of jazzy wierd scales :)
Great Tidings from scandinavia :)
awesome! thanks Mike, really glad you dig these lessons!
I think about this video often, especially the intro LOL! Such an excellent lesson to us all.
Uncle Ben's boil in bag rice.
Subscribed to Uncle Ben for less than a week and I can tell already that I made way more improvement than what I got from guitartricks online course LOL. Man, your teaching is very entertaining and captivating. Thank you very much 😄
great lesson, how about a downpicking lesson
thanks Bear, good call!
I almost always do the wrist vibrato, but on the lower e-string I ALWAYS do side to side :) Works for me, because I played classical guitar for 5 years before switching to electric. Great video btw, and really helpful!
Tomas Nyholm thanks so much for watching and commenting!
weird I've always found wrist vibrato to be extremely natural since it's pretty much fulcrum physics
thedudeperson same same. I play the cello though so that may have affected my preference for wrist vibrato.
"Wrist vibrato" is the technique I accidentally fell into when I was first learning guitar an eternity ago. Nobody taught me how to do it. I wasn't trying to emulate any particular player. It just felt natural, and it sounded good. Apparently it's "difficult"; who knew?!
i learned it by watching Eric Johnson videos, studying the mechanics of it, and practicing it until my wrist was so tired I couldn't move it any more..
getting the timing and smoothness down was the hardest for me.
Really good lesson. Yngwie breaks a few of these "rules" but he's allowed, lol, it sounds great.
great vid, but, I struggle with vibrato on string bends. any tips ????????????
aaaaah classic problem! i will do a bends video. Or you can always hit me up for affordable Skype lessons in the meantime :)
You man made me truly laugh on a bad day
Love your channel
I’m glad to hear that, man! Cheers!
That circular vibrato is actually called Vaibrato because Steve Vai used it a lot. All throughout his career.
This video was really helpful. My vibrato wasn't too bad before I saw this, but I've been working on wrist vibrato for a month or two and I can hear I huge difference from what I was doing before.
I hope kirk hammet watched this.
Is his vibrato bas
+D TKD bad
+D TKD just watch Kirk doing solo takes in the studio. It's really amateur.
Very helpful video man. You're videos have seriously helped improve my playing. Keep them coming!
thank you man! hit me up for Skype lessons!
alot of us are actually good at side to side vibrato for some reason... lol XD
hahaha i can't imagine why!
Ben Eller can't wait for the "your amp settings/ pedal gears suck" episode btw!
I clicked on the start button, it's been 3 days and 6 hours and the video has still not started. :(
I never could understand why anyone attempts a violin type vibrato on a fretted guitar neck! It's absolutely useless! Get that string moving perpendicular to the frets up and down.
+Mr. Lowery Ummmm, thats not true at all. have you tried it? moving your finger between the frets is going to stretch the string different amounts depending on where your finger is between the frets. for the same reason that pushing down harder as you fret sharpens the note, when you move parallel to the string you the change the length of the sounding part of the string
Luke Lewis Guitarist It might be something to use when playing an unaccompanied guitar piece but unless you have a scalloped fret board the vibrato will be too subtle to be noticed in a mix. I've just seen too many players working the hell out of their fingers attempting to make that type of vibrato pronounced and in your face. All for not though and the standard rock/blues "rocking" the whole hand technique isn't that difficult to get down to where it is second nature when playing. It ends with better results and much less energy expended on that result.
+Madison Av A good vibrato will always sound pleasant to the ear and there is nothing worse to the ear than a bad one. Whatever technique is employed. My theory on the violin type of vibrato is the fact that the string is resting on the fret in front of the vibrato finger. The only changes in pitch will be from raising the tension of the string between the string and the fretboard. You can wiggle your finger horizontally as much as you like, but that movement is not causing the vibrato, the pushing down with varying pressure on the string is whats doing it. A lot of energy expended for a mild result.
+Mr. Lowery but what about classical guitar? horizontal vibrato is nessecary due to the nylon strings lack of bendage
bartworth howitzer It is a classical technique. I was being specific to the electric guitar. Should have said that to make myself a bit more clear.
You are such an amazing instructor, your analogy about the swinging door really helped me out. You deserve an Oscar for your cringy dad jokes too,your the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The loud and annoying intro was a tad unnecessary. This whole Mom thing just isn't funny either. The content of the vid was very useful though. Thanks. BTW, I don't suck at guitar! :-) The side vibrato is really interesting. After a bit of practice I got it and really like the tone it produces.
mrbsred1 cheers thanks for watching all the same even if the humor isn't your thing. There's lots and lots of dry, dull (but informative) lessons on the web, so i don't strive to add another to the heap. Most people seem to dig it :) thanks man!
Ben Eller Hey, no problem mate. I didn't intend to be mean and I know what you're saying about dull tutorials. I'll be sure to watch more of your vids. That side vitarato technique is so cool. I've been playing for 10 years and never heard of that before. Strange, I know. All the best!
mrbsred1 thanks for watching man, cheers!
I really like this video. Very helpful for myself to analyze my own vibrato. Too bad a few people complain about something useful and free.
Haha love how this guy says it straight, made me think critically about my technique, and I guess I do suck... so now I'm doing something about it! :D
I LOVE the colors on that Flame'N'Blue guitar to your right (our left). Hope it sounds as gorgeous as it looks!
Hey Uncle Ben,thank you for sharing your knowledge ! Your videos are probably the most pedagogic i've seen about guitar.
Thank you also for your caustic humour,deeply appreciated . Keep them coming! TY!
Nice lesson. I now realize for the first time in 20 years of playing that my vibrato does pretty much suck!
Congrats on being one of my only subscriptions! Love everything about your videos. Keep em comin.
cheers, thank YOU! and hit me up for Skype lessons!
Learned this from Andy Aledort. Your lesson confirms his. Vibrato gives a goodness, a voice. It makes your guitar sing. Also great singers teach this. Without vibrato music sucks. Been listening to a lot of Steely Dan.
Stan Lindert aaaaaaah yes, good choice on some Steely! Listen to the band The Reign of Kindo, they're like a modern Steely Dan.
Wow, excellent way of teaching the right way to do the vibrato and the common mistakes that we all make. Thank you so very much for effort to teach the right technique. Sincerely appreciate it.
Loved the lesson, Laughed the whole time though had to went back several times to understand the lesson. You are awesome Uncle Ben, keep up the excellent work.
This video is a must to watch every 3 months or så for all beginner/intermediate.
Great breakdown of technique with fantastic analogies to explain the execution. Thanks Ben
Dude... i have never seen anyone get to the smallest of details like you are in this video. My vibrato sucked... a lot. This video helped a lot. Thanks man. Keep up the good work.
Came back to this a year after I first saw it. Didn't realise how good the instruction was first time around :) Great video.
god this video just changed my life. been playing for 5 years using the side to side vibrato because i could never get the wrist vibrato down. tried to watch some tutorials but i could never move my wrist the right way. tell me why i never thought about pulling the string *down* to do the "door hinge" movement until i watched your video. it's works perfectly now. thank you man
My dude you need to bring back this series. It's blunt and i think that's what guitarists need. None of this " maybe you should try this instead bullshit ". "This is why your playing sucks" is a kick in the pants, and I needed this lesson to boot.
i thought you were funny but when you did that cut away after the cousin joke you really put it over the top. you were really proud of yourself for that one. im really enjoying this series, good job
you have some very useful techniques. I find your material very influential and informative. I love it
When I saw that hilarious beginning, I knew I had to watch the rest....because that's exactly how I vibrato..*hanging my head in shame*. Good stuff man, you've gained a new subscriber.
This was one of the funniest guitar lessons I've seen. Helpful and hilarious. Awesome tutorial man!
Wow Ben this is one of the most helpful lessons on vibrato I have ever seen. Still working on the wrist vibrato that is super tricky for me.
thank you for taking the time and effort to pull this very informative vid , been looking UA-cam for ages to find a way to improve it, and you made it even cooler to add it in my practice routine , I do sucks at vibrato hopefully this will change soon, all the best :)
You're really a very good teacher, i play for about 9 years and i never thought that vibrato would be such an interesting subject about the guitar. I will surely work more on my vibratos, thanks uncle Ben :)
A few times in life you hear someone telling you clearly what happens and why. Was a half hour video an it seems to me like was 5 minutes video. Very helpful. Thanks man! :D
Thanks man. Great video. You explained it much more thoroughly than other vids I've found.
I'm 64 old guy trying to learn to play for the last couple of years. Since I mainly play blues, I've been trying to get that proper bend and vibrato but couldn't grasp the concept.. You're the first one that I see that explains it in details. And like you said: It also needs practice. Thanks a lot. You've been a great help.
Cheers man, thanks so much for watching!!!
I nearly believed I had to hit the start button.
Thank u for making this would-be boring lesson interesting with your witt. I did learn a lot about cousins.. I mean... finger vibrato! lol Keep 'em coming!!
Dude, i just started the video and laughed so hard just by seeing you face expressions!
You have got a good sense of humour and of course, you are a kick class guitar player!!
"Surfer '90s Cawabunga surfer dude thing" LMAO, funny but so true. That is exactly the motion.
Thanks for posting this video, after watching it my vibrato improved 100%.
kgtrains excellent! thanks dude!