hey justin, my wife and i are both guitar students and we LOVE your channel :) would you please consider doing a lesson on The Captain is Drunk by Jack Johnson? there aren't any really good tutorials about it, and it's such a lovely little song. thanks, keep up the great work!
Wow. I have been struggling with vibrato for longer than I care to admit. I just could never do it. After practicing this pivot technique for a few hours the light finally went on for me and now I am very happy to be able to do a somewhat passable vibrato. I know it will only get better from here. My confidence in my playing has skyrocketed as a result. Its impossible to overstate my appreciation for this and your other video lessons. Thank you, Justin. Now on to vibrato bends.
The Master of vibrato is Dave Gilmour. It's not just vibrato. It incorporates vibrato with bending and it is so intonated that it follows perfect half/whole step changes in pitch. On Shine On You Crazy Diamond he's making 3 whole step bends! Starting on an E and bending up to an A. And perfect pitch. Then comes back down just as smoothly as he went up and then ends the phrase with perfect vibrato.
hey justin you really have helped me improve overall my guitar techniques thanks man because of your teachings i feel like a discovered a whole new world of sound
I was never a whammy bar user until I got a tennis elbow. Now whammy bar is the only way to make vibratos and has become somewhat integral part of my playing also with bends.
I have noticed that Lee Anderton does the whole guitar neck wave thing all of the time. I sit here thinking 'you're not doing vibrato captain!' Nice lesson, thanks.
You need to watch the acoustic segments with Ben Smith, Lee hasn't got any game at all compared to Ben. He really likes to wave his guitar around too, I love it! He is such an animated player it's so much fun to watch him.
I'm really new to vibrato do you guys press your 1st and 2nd finger on the string to do it, I find vibrato more achievable doing this than just my 3rd finger pressing on the string. I don't know if I'm doing it right though
I get that scraping sound out of the wrist method. I've been working on it for weeks and I just can't get speed and it fades off very quickly. I have no problem with the classical style.
Vibrato Is an interesting topic because almost every great player has their own unique vibrato. For example Justin mentioned Clapton's way which to me is a more wide slower vibrato but then you have BB King who had a incredibly fast almost buzzing bee type of vibrato. Then you have David Gilmour who is sort of Inbetween he does his vibrato the standard way but his is generally slow with a delicate touch.
Kevin Shields took the vibrato arm to an entirely new dimension with the rather unique tremolo system in Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters. Justin, have you ever played one of those with some reverse reverb à la My Bloody Valentine?
Hi Justin, thanks so much for all of your videos which I have learned so much from. I wanted to make a request if I may... I searched all of your videos and I couldn't find a tutorial for "Always on my mind" more the Elvis version as I want to play it for my mum who is a life long fan, nothing against Brenda Lee version its absolutely beautiful.. Would be amazing if you could do it. 🙂
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Great vid as always, thanks! What kind of vibrato you'd say Steve Hackett uses? Of course, it's his signature tunes that come to minds immediately, like Spectral Mornings, but also some of his work on Genesis' albums as well (think of solos in Supper's Ready "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men" section and suchlike). Curious to know what you reckon, thanks!
I'd like to see one on the different bend vibratos. Blues, Metal differences-Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Clapton, Angus, Jake E Lee. How to practice for different genres
You know, you are doing the world a lot of good with these videos. Some people make bombs for a living, some people drop bombs and some give the orders to use the bombs. And then some people just want to teach the whole world how to play music. There are only two kinds of people out there, devils and angels.
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Maybe someone can answer me this. When doing vibrato, what happens to the notes and pitch? I know the pitch goes higher, but isn't there a mathematical way to understand the rate and depth? For instance, to make a pleasant vibrato, the rate of the frequency has to go twice or four times as fast? If you do it three times as fast (like a triplet), it might sound good or maybe weird/unpleasant? I am just trying to understand how to make great sounding vibrato from a theoretical standpoint, not just from ear and instinct.
People do not tend to learn, practice or play vibrato with thoughts of mathematical timing and so on. You can do this and start very slow. Play a note, add vibrato and slowly count 1, 2, 3, 4. Incrementally, over time, speed up the count until you reach a point where you can split further and count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. That can train your vibrato to follow even tempo. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher
Just to understand, so you usually vibrate the note in half, quarter, eight or sixteen notes compared to the original note? Is that you mean with even tempo? Thx in advance @@justinguitar
Not really - I wrote that as a possible means of learning and practicing based on your specific question but also wrote first off that people tend not top lay vibrato with mathematical timing - not counting, just by feel.
Lol, sure go and try to increase the frequency of the first string by 1.(many decimals in the case of a semitone) to get a good vibrato. Just use ur ear dude, math doesn't help w this. Although it can be helpful for other stuff, namely tuning systems and other stuff
@justinguitar how do you avoid getting noise from the other strings, especially the one above. It happens for me even doing vibrato and is worse with string bends.
Besides practicing accuracy you can, as said, check out muting. "Muting" sure is a broad palette. Check the one on string muting but take your time to check the others as well! www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=muting | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
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i dont know why but i feel very weird to me vibrato to down , even there are sometimes like the strings are crying but when i do up vibrato i feels so natural and stable , i dont know why ( i think maybe because i I use the knife with my left hand ) but most of turorials teach down vibrato so i dont know what to do
i just discover that the sound i produce when i do down vibrato is the same as "blues vibrato" but my fingers are all over the strings not loose like in video
Wait, did you say the string is not supposed to touch the wood of the neck? 5:01 Have I been playing wrong all these years? I know I press too hard still, but am I supposed to be pressing so lightly that the string under my finger never touches wood?
Pressing the string onto the neck will increase the pitch. It is not necessary. The string just needs to be down enough that the string stays in contact with the fret without buzzing
It's unlikely to be actually touching the wood. Might feel like it, but if you look closely it's probably only touching the fret. Strings don't bend enough to actually touch the wood, except maybe the lower 2 strings.
As these 2 fine people already said, scraping over the wood should not be the plan. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
A lot of people (me?) have thought you should try to get as low of action as you can. But to achieve a great vibrato, is it actually better to have higher action so you’re not hitting the wood ?
you don't really have to put it on top of the neck completely. However, if you are young, like really young, your hand has still time to grow in size and you might be able to do it later on
Don’t give up. Keep practicing. I have freakishly small hands and through a TON of practice, I was able to eventually get there. Hand muscles can stretch and you will develop muscle memory. Stick with it.
*Learn more - for free!* www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/introduction-to-vibrato-techniques-bg-2103
hey justin, my wife and i are both guitar students and we LOVE your channel :)
would you please consider doing a lesson on The Captain is Drunk by Jack Johnson? there aren't any really good tutorials about it, and it's such a lovely little song.
thanks, keep up the great work!
Wow. I have been struggling with vibrato for longer than I care to admit. I just could never do it. After practicing this pivot technique for a few hours the light finally went on for me and now I am very happy to be able to do a somewhat passable vibrato. I know it will only get better from here. My confidence in my playing has skyrocketed as a result. Its impossible to overstate my appreciation for this and your other video lessons. Thank you, Justin. Now on to vibrato bends.
The Master of vibrato is Dave Gilmour. It's not just vibrato. It incorporates vibrato with bending and it is so intonated that it follows perfect half/whole step changes in pitch. On Shine On You Crazy Diamond he's making 3 whole step bends! Starting on an E and bending up to an A. And perfect pitch. Then comes back down just as smoothly as he went up and then ends the phrase with perfect vibrato.
another wonderful lesson; thanks
Thank you Justin,This is a big thing i wanna know on guitar playing.
Thanks so much, Justin! Loved your explanations! I found them very clarifying!
hey justin you really have helped me improve overall my guitar techniques thanks man because of your teachings i feel like a discovered a whole new world of sound
never knew there are so many variations! thanks
THANK YOU❤
I was never a whammy bar user until I got a tennis elbow. Now whammy bar is the only way to make vibratos and has become somewhat integral part of my playing also with bends.
I have noticed that Lee Anderton does the whole guitar neck wave thing all of the time. I sit here thinking 'you're not doing vibrato captain!' Nice lesson, thanks.
You need to watch the acoustic segments with Ben Smith, Lee hasn't got any game at all compared to Ben. He really likes to wave his guitar around too, I love it! He is such an animated player it's so much fun to watch him.
I really need help with this, thank you!
Bless you man :)
Dude don't know what mic you are using but that was the sharpest sound I've had off a youtube video in a long time.t
Clean that fretboard Justin 😁!
I'm really new to vibrato do you guys press your 1st and 2nd finger on the string to do it, I find vibrato more achievable doing this than just my 3rd finger pressing on the string. I don't know if I'm doing it right though
I get that scraping sound out of the wrist method. I've been working on it for weeks and I just can't get speed and it fades off very quickly. I have no problem with the classical style.
Vibrato Is an interesting topic because almost every great player has their own unique vibrato. For example Justin mentioned Clapton's way which to me is a more wide slower vibrato but then you have BB King who had a incredibly fast almost buzzing bee type of vibrato. Then you have David Gilmour who is sort of Inbetween he does his vibrato the standard way but his is generally slow with a delicate touch.
SRV played an aggressive neck vibrato up and down. 🤘
Kevin Shields took the vibrato arm to an entirely new dimension with the rather unique tremolo system in Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters. Justin, have you ever played one of those with some reverse reverb à la My Bloody Valentine?
Hi Justin, thanks so much for all of your videos which I have learned so much from. I wanted to make a request if I may... I searched all of your videos and I couldn't find a tutorial for "Always on my mind" more the Elvis version as I want to play it for my mum who is a life long fan, nothing against Brenda Lee version its absolutely beautiful..
Would be amazing if you could do it. 🙂
You can request songs on the website; one song request per week: www.justinguitar.com/songs#requests-board | you can vote on other songs as well. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
I have a question:
Beside guitar and ukulele do you play on other instruments too?
Great vid as always, thanks! What kind of vibrato you'd say Steve Hackett uses? Of course, it's his signature tunes that come to minds immediately, like Spectral Mornings, but also some of his work on Genesis' albums as well (think of solos in Supper's Ready "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men" section and suchlike). Curious to know what you reckon, thanks!
I'd like to see one on the different bend vibratos. Blues, Metal differences-Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Clapton, Angus, Jake E Lee. How to practice for different genres
You know, you are doing the world a lot of good with these videos. Some people make bombs for a living, some people drop bombs and some give the orders to use the bombs. And then some people just want to teach the whole world how to play music. There are only two kinds of people out there, devils and angels.
And those who do nothing, not even practice on guitar! Totally agree btw! ;) | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Please instruct us on keeping a wammy bar in tune. Please, Please.
GOOD TEACHING SIR GODBLESS YOU FROM INDIA MY NAME SUBRATA NAYAK
how do i stop technique two from hurting? when i pivot my hand, it nudges it into the guitar neck and hurts and i cannot wrap my head around it!
Thanks- )
Thank you Mr Norm Macdonald, rip 😢
Another light bulb switched on. Thanks Teach!
Please do a lesson on darlin by houndmouth
I simply cannot pivot my wrist around my thumb fast enough, even playing air guitar. HOW, how do you practice this??
To do something fast, you need to practice it correct and slow.
Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com
Do you do vibrato on acoustic guitars? Or its mostly for electric guitars?
It might be harder too achieve but all applies for acoustic guitars as well | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Maybe someone can answer me this. When doing vibrato, what happens to the notes and pitch? I know the pitch goes higher, but isn't there a mathematical way to understand the rate and depth? For instance, to make a pleasant vibrato, the rate of the frequency has to go twice or four times as fast? If you do it three times as fast (like a triplet), it might sound good or maybe weird/unpleasant? I am just trying to understand how to make great sounding vibrato from a theoretical standpoint, not just from ear and instinct.
People do not tend to learn, practice or play vibrato with thoughts of mathematical timing and so on. You can do this and start very slow. Play a note, add vibrato and slowly count 1, 2, 3, 4. Incrementally, over time, speed up the count until you reach a point where you can split further and count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. That can train your vibrato to follow even tempo.
Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher
Just to understand, so you usually vibrate the note in half, quarter, eight or sixteen notes compared to the original note? Is that you mean with even tempo? Thx in advance
@@justinguitar
Not really - I wrote that as a possible means of learning and practicing based on your specific question but also wrote first off that people tend not top lay vibrato with mathematical timing - not counting, just by feel.
Lol, sure go and try to increase the frequency of the first string by 1.(many decimals in the case of a semitone) to get a good vibrato. Just use ur ear dude, math doesn't help w this. Although it can be helpful for other stuff, namely tuning systems and other stuff
BB KING vibrato?
@justinguitar how do you avoid getting noise from the other strings, especially the one above. It happens for me even doing vibrato and is worse with string bends.
Search String muting . Basiclly Touching unwanted strings to mute with spare fingers & palm of pick hand also fingers of fret hand.
@@stevec9972 thanks!
Besides practicing accuracy you can, as said, check out muting. "Muting" sure is a broad palette. Check the one on string muting but take your time to check the others as well! www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=muting | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Could you do a lesson on eric Clapton motherless children from 461 ocean boulevard
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i dont know why but i feel very weird to me vibrato to down , even there are sometimes like the strings are crying but when i do up vibrato i feels so natural and stable , i dont know why ( i think maybe because i I use the knife with my left hand ) but most of turorials teach down vibrato so i dont know what to do
i just discover that the sound i produce when i do down vibrato is the same as "blues vibrato" but my fingers are all over the strings not loose like in video
Wait, did you say the string is not supposed to touch the wood of the neck? 5:01 Have I been playing wrong all these years? I know I press too hard still, but am I supposed to be pressing so lightly that the string under my finger never touches wood?
Pressing the string onto the neck will increase the pitch. It is not necessary. The string just needs to be down enough that the string stays in contact with the fret without buzzing
It's unlikely to be actually touching the wood. Might feel like it, but if you look closely it's probably only touching the fret. Strings don't bend enough to actually touch the wood, except maybe the lower 2 strings.
As these 2 fine people already said, scraping over the wood should not be the plan. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
A lot of people (me?) have thought you should try to get as low of action as you can. But to achieve a great vibrato, is it actually better to have higher action so you’re not hitting the wood ?
Nobody doesn’t vibrato like Paul Kossoff.
Norm Macdonald has really let himself go.
study vibrato is like reaching your own tone
Yeah I don't get the whole waving the neck around thing it's doesn't really do anything and looks kind of silly to me.
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bending vibrato is too hard I still can't doing it
my thumb is to small to get a hold and pivot
you don't really have to put it on top of the neck completely. However, if you are young, like really young, your hand has still time to grow in size and you might be able to do it later on
Don’t give up. Keep practicing. I have freakishly small hands and through a TON of practice, I was able to eventually get there. Hand muscles can stretch and you will develop muscle memory. Stick with it.