How to have a lovely vibrato, part 1
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Vibrato is actually partly an acquired 'knack' because the movement is too fast to be constantly deliberated, although once you get the hang of it you can develop different types of vibrato for different styles of music. Of course, as is usual on the violin, it's essential to marry your vibrato with the correct finger, hand, thumb, wrist and arm movements so there's no discomfort in your playing, letting you progress more swiftly towards your violin dream. Mary V
These videos on vibrato are very helpful!
I'm so delighted that you found the videos helpful! Thanks, Mary V
Very clear thank you
Thank you, I hope you find the video useful.
Mary V
Dear Mary.
The problem with my shoulder rest has been resolved and I am now able to play pain-free. Thank you.
This vibrato video is very clear and helpful.
I am self-taught in violin practice. I will use your series of videos to check and improve my technique.
By the way, I am Japanese. I watch them with subtitles. I also watch them in translation. Your instruction is very simple and easy to understand. And your way of speaking is very beautiful and easy to listen to. I am not very good at English, so it is very easy for me to understand and I am very satisfied.
Shin.😊
Hello Shin!
Thank you very much. It's great to hear that you are now pain free!
I'm relieved and delighted that my videos are clear and easily understood even in translation...
Please let me know if there's anything in particular you would like to see a video about, ok? A little bit of technical knowledge can really help us to solve issues and make progress.
It's wonderful to make contact with you all the way from Japan to Scotland where I am.
Take care and keep going! Mary💗
I’m always coming back to this Mary . Hope you are having a great day ! 👍
You too Katie! Mary❤
This is very good! I'm going to practice these things! Thank you!
Good luck with your practice and thank you! Mary V
Thank you 😊This lesson is excellent ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I'm so glad you liked it! Mary V
I have those dents !
Haha!👌Mary❤️
Nice
❤ I am proud to be your musician friend. Tony Rodrigues, Tampa, Florida...
Hello Tony! What a lovely thing to say; thank you, I'm honoured! Mary❤
Dear Mary, once again you have come to my rescue. First, I realised my set-up had gone out of whack again so I referred back to your shoulder rest video, realised my instrument was too much on the perpendicular and have adjusted things which means I am no longer almost vertically bowing my top string, with all the difficulties that brings. Then I've recently been to an adult learners coaching day where they got us to do a vibrato exercise with that collapsed joint technique. I had developed more of the finger wiggle you advocate and did not really enjoy being asked to deconstruct it (at what was otherwise a very enjoyable day) So have again referred back to your vibrato advice and am back on track. I am sure that, like a lot of people, every time I re-run one of your videos I learn something I didn't quite in hoist in first time round. Thanks again, your are a marvel.
Hello Christopher! I'm delighted for you that you've successfully analysed your set up issues and fixed them. It's not always easy, so really well done - fantastic!
I love your obvious enthusiasm for the violin.
I'm very glad you didn't readopt that collapsed joint technique. It's unbelievable that people are teaching that - it's just plain wrong! One only has to look at good violinists on UA-cam to see that at all times and including vibrato, the fingers are never used in that collapsed way...
One violinist to look at especially for her beautiful and impeccable technique is Cloe Chua. She has the most wonderful posture and all parts of her technique, musicality and sound production are fantastic.
Some things my beloved teacher said to me decades ago have taken until now to sink in.☺ He was always right. About everything!
I think you're a marvel and an inspiration. Keep up the good work and take care! Mary❤
Hello Mary. I'm testing the vibrato. Just to familiarize myself with the movements. I found it very useful to see your class. In some videos the finger is shown flexing and stretching the first phalanx of the finger but when one sees the movement of the violinist vibrating this movement is not appreciated and it is not easy to go from the movement of the first phalanx to the "rolling" of the fingertip. Therefore I see that your advice is more real for me. I'm testing it with my wrist attached to the shoulder of the violin and something similar to a vibrato starts to come out hahaha. I'll take time. As always thank you very much
Hello Marta! I love your thoughtfulness. Your quality of patient, thoughtful observation is the best way to approach violin technique and yields the best and fastest results...
In a way, vibrato is a 'knack' that once discovered and established, can then be developed, but it's so important to get the basic mechanics right for your size of hand.
I'm delighted that you are experimenting and trying out different ways to produce the rolling action and the result will be your own signature sound that is yours alone, a lovely gift to contribute to the world...
Every moment of searching and asking on the violin is a great moment in life and very meaningful...Mary V
Hello Mary. I don't quite understand Marta Tessi's remark below. Should we 'roll' the finger or should we 'flex and stretch the first phalanx of the finger'? Or combine both?
Hello Carl,
Thank you for your question.
Vibrato is caused fundamentally by the movement of the wrist or arm, not the finger, but the finger stays on the note and makes a small 'roll' to accommodate the wrist or arm movement, thus ultimately producing vibrato
I believe Marta was talking about 'preparatory' exercises which I've also seen on UA-cam of flexing the fingers back and forth, but the fingers never depress back into the joint when playing. Instead, the fingers are always curved almost like holding a ball.
Think about how much the fingers do when playing the violin; they go on the notes and wobble on them too, so the finger action has got to be easy, simple and without strain.
Finger stretching exercises don't help to produce a lovely fast vibrato, they just slow the process down...
Watch players very carefully and you will see the curved finger shapes and vibrato action of Hilary Hahn, Itzhak Perlman or Isaac Stern etc that produce the most wonderful vibrato.
I do hope I've answered adequately, but if you'd like more information, please contact me any time. Mary
@@violinstudiowithmaryv Thanks a lot for your comprehensive answer. Firstly, I think your vibrato sounds wonderful. Still, when viewing the models you mentioned (see YT ‘Violin vibrato examples Normal speed/ Slow motion’, Hahn at 22.08, Perlman at 17.52), I believe the wobble is produced by a back-and-forth-movement of the first finger-joint, rather than by its horizontal roll movement. Perhaps both movements are adequate or else the roll movement presupposes a back-and-forth movement, though very small.
@@carlopdebeeck1723 OOh, I just love the nitty gritty of violin technique! Please excuse me for saying "if you want more information" in my last reply to you.
Where vibrato originates from is hotly debated in the violin world...
Thank you very much for your very kind compliment about my own vibrato.
I don't think vibrato is produced fundamentally by the movement of the first finger joint. Rather, it's the rolling that causes the first finger joint to move. The reason I favour describing the finger roll as the cause of vibrato is that the act of putting the finger on the string, not to produce vibrato, but to find and play the note before vibrato is so fundamental that to explain vibrato in terms of the first finger joint is unnatural from a playing perspective.
Actually, throughout my career I've discussed vibrato with many players and teachers and none can say what the true source of vibrato really is.
Myself, I've often thought it may originate from the back of the hand in the tendons just below the knuckles, although there are feelings in different parts of the fingers too, but it's a very mysterious action to learn to play a note firmly yet wobble fast on that note almost simultaneously.
(David Oistrakh had the best vibrato of all the greats in my opinion. He altered it according to need, rather than it being the same like most; it's thrilling to watch.)
Thank you very much for your fascinating observations and comments. Mary
Hola Mary. Jugando (por ahora como juego) a hacer vibrato me di cuenta de que en las cuerdas al aire puedo vibrar con un pequeño movimiento de la mano que sostiene el arco. Como un balanceo pequeño. ¿Es válido? O es un error? 😂
Hello Marta! Well, this is new to me! Usually we vibrate the open string by vibrating the octave above with the third finger...but your playful experiment has created a really great bowing exercise for control! Quite brilliant and you've made me think...Thank you Marta for your amazing contribution. Mary
@@violinstudiowithmaryv jajajaj. Es que realmente ese movimiento horizontal con el pulgar da un efecto sonoro interesante. Parece un vibrato. Parece uno de los ejercicios de Fischer pero acelerado 🤣. Es que estoy tomándome tiempo para divertirme. Es un hermoso instrumento! Gracias Mary por ser tan amplia y atenta.!!!
@@martatessi yes, what a beautiful instrument, but what fun and creativity from you! It's such a joy to hear from such a creative person as yourself...thank you Marta! Mary
Explained So well!!!
Thank you very much, I hope it's helpful! Mary V