All About Vibrato: tips for developing a killer wobble
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- All you need to know to develop great vibrato technique. Some advice for beginners wanting to establish a solid basic technique, some more advanced tips, and a look at the technique of 3 vibrato legends.
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00:00 Intro improvisation
01:22 Types of vibrato
05:03 Good vibrato technique
09:39 Speed & Width
11:58 Vibrato exercise
16:04 Vibrato on bends
18:15 Advanced tips
20:00 3 vibrato legends
23:42 Bye
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I need to lock myself into a room for 2 years and go through every single video lesson from Adrian.
Have had the same thought 🙃 would take me a few more than two, though 🧐
Correct. I had this plan about 5 years ago.... :(
I play the cello as well as the guitar and the reason there is no or at best very little effect when using what you called the “classic” vibrato is classical string instruments are fretless. We aren’t exactly moving them vertically as you said. What is happening when we use vibrato in the “classical” way (on say a cello) is, fingers have a roundness or radius. We are rocking or rotating the finger on that radius causing the string length to shorten or lengthen very slightly and that is what makes the wobble or vibrato. The fret stops this process from happening or allows very little of it from occurring. Hope this gives new insight to the process.
TheseusTitan, So how do classical guitar players achieve it, given that classical guitars do indeed have frets? Are they the exception to the rule? Or are classical guitars not really considered classical string instruments because they're a relatively recent addition and not part of the orchestra?
@@abrigospardos The answer is classical guitarists seldom are ever playing slow enough to use vibrato.
Also, when using your finger like a pendulum (the classical way of obtaining vibrato), there is also lateral movement which does create vibrato. Get an actual example of a classical guitarist and watch how they move their hand. It may look as if they are using a classical method of vibrato but look for lateral movements. Sometimes you can see the entire neck move up and down. Also, listen close for the vibrato. Is it even there? Sometimes the hand moves but there really isn’t much vibrato. It can be deceiving.
@@TheseusTitan Thanks for responding so promptly! I've been looking for examples of classical guitar vibrato by actual classical guitarists on UA-cam and I have concluded that: A) vibrato in classical pieces is very sparsely used, it comes after the note is picked and is typically very subtle (to the point of being almost imperceptible sometimes); and B) tremolo, rather than vibrato, is much more widely used as an expressive technique in classical guitar. So, I agree with you. Thanks again for your response!
Best guitar teacher on the net. 😎
Couldn´t agree more. What I love about him is that he doesn´t do the usual Metallica, GnR, Floyd and Zeppelin tutorials. Not that there´s anything wrong with them, but he broadens one´s taste in music with blues, rockabilly, indie, goth and soul. Very educational and a nice persona. He´s the only one I have actually decided to follow. My guitar "hero." If I had the money and time, I´d pay for face to face classes.
One thing that blows my mind about B.B. King's vibrato is, watching it, the rest of his hand flutters, but the finger he's using, his index finger, doesn't seem to move at all. What a master!
Mike Campbell said he worked on his vibrato as much or more than anything else on the guitar. Thanks for the lesson! The bent-note vibrato is such a challenging technique for me.
Hey Mark, that is a really interesting comment, thanks for posting that! Mike is the stuff! Such a fantastic player!
Wielding the Oxford Dictionary of Music the way one might glance at a wristwatch. Just brilliant.
So, Adrian gets 1 👍 for an excellent instructional video, then another 👍 for wearing a Siouxsie and the Banshees T-shirt!
I've been a finger vibrato guy for decades due to not being able to master the wrist-based technique. But you're the first guitar teacher who's ever pointed out that you need to anchor the side of your finger onto the edge of the neck-- as your pivot point. I finally get it. Thank you!
This is the most comprehensive tutorial/lesson on vibrato I’ve seen on UA-cam. Thanks Adrian, for the suggestion to start slow and to use a metronome. 👍
Appreciate your in depth teaching here.
Thanks Adrian. I started sounding way better in about 5 minutes thanks to you.
Adrian does it again. Superb.
Great lesson. Thank you for this one.
My favorite exponents of vibrato. Brian May, Leslie West, Paul Kossoff, David Gilmour
Angus Young?
And this, gentlemen, is a masterclass. Thanks You Adrian!
Superb lesson. Thank you very much.
I became fascinated by vibrato after watching the Farewell Cream film where the members are interviewed individually. Clapton gets a few daft questions asked of him but he shows some sublime licks played on his SG through Marshalls...They still inspire me 50 years later! Greg Koch does a damn fine impersonation !!
Hello, l really enjoyed watching your new video uploading. Great guitar sounds.
Thanks for this, I often observed the movement, but didn't realise the anchor and wrist movement in the technique, I shall practice 👍. My favourite vibrato is by Paul Kossoff.
Excellent basic lesson. Thanks for simplifying a confusing subject.
I was looking for all about vibrators !!
When he wrist wiggle wobbles it's wonderful!
Beautiful guitar. 🎸
Thanks Adrian, just what I need, I really struggle with vibrato.
I am far better at non bend vibrato rather than vibrato on bends, which I find quite difficult to do beyond 3 or 4 shakes. This is why Kossof was a genius.
You're the man 😎
BB's index-finger waggle is the King of Vibrato.
Check out Danny Kirwan.
Angus Young is another player with some pretty impressive vibrato.
Michael Schenker. John Sykes
Zakk Wylde!
One thing about vibrato I was taught by a face to face teacher was to use your biggest finger behind to back-up the finger you are doing the vibrato. The other thing I was taught was not to bend the string too much to change tone. The real difficulty for me is to bend a string, hold it and give it vib.
Thanks for this one! I will definitely dig into your suggestions this weekend and give this a proper watch and learn. As I like to say, “ let the string shakin’ begin!”
Really glad you did this one!
This was fantastic as expected! My favorite section was 19:20 to 1959
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Hey CC!
I have horribly lame vibrato, this technique has been the only real tough one for me to get a handle on.
Maybe 2021 will be the breakthrough year!
Later man!
@@kerryfromaj9032 - Kerry!! It’s worth the effort, I’ve been really focused on on relearning my vibrato technique for a good bit now, I used that vertical finger vibrato (Second one Adrian demonstrated) for many years, it was the one I picked up naturally. I wish I would have dialed in the wrist shake much sooner, but I’ve been working on it for a bit now and videos like this are pure gold. Again, it’s very much worth the effort! Great to hear from you my friend!
Yo mate i miss the brilliant ACG intro!!! 😔🤟🎸
I don’t
I think it still comes and goes, right?
haha yes, the intro seems quite polarising - some people seem to love it, others not so much. This video seemed to work best with a more gentle start, but will still use the intro from time to time.
Best Video on the subject of Vee-Braa-toe on the internet.
BB King in the The Thrill is Gone uses quite extensively the vibrato along the string. With a bit of distortion/ overdrive it does add to the sound.
Bloody Epic.
Its the one's where you bend up , either a half step or whole step ( or more) once you've accurately reached the note, applying vibrato can easily sound like a scalded cat. Danny kirwan and paul kossoff were outstanding
Thanks for this! Id love u to do Ride into the sun by Velvet underground as there is no lessons online
Yes, or Run run run. Cant find any VU lessons except for Pale blue eyes
Yes, great song. Will think about it, would love to do more Velvets
Hey Adrian How about considering a session of Elliott Easton's Rifs? He packs more into 16 measures that any other rock guitarist.
Yea, he does!!
Been the hardest technique for me to master
Hi Adrian, that’s a nice soft drive tone on the intro. Was that a pedal, if so, which one?
Rory=slow, Kossoff=fast vibrato, Paul also would bend and hold ending with vibrato.
Mike Oldfied made an entire career around his rather excellent violin vibrato.
Any chance of some early Verve lessons? Something off A Storm in Heaven, A Northern Soul or early singels would be great
Wow nice axe. Nickel hardware, Les Paul logo is offset toward the Gibson logo . . . Custom shop? R9? R0?
Genuine or repro t-shirt? Very cool...
This is SO HARD to train my old muscles to do! Why didn't I realize this was a thing when I was a kid??? 😭
Danny Kirwan deserves a mention for his excellent vibrato technique.
Yes, I probably should have mentioned his name here - unique and amazing vibrato! I did talk about it in my Jigsaw Puzzle Blues lesson I did a little while back.
Hello Mr. Anyone) Is there any lesson on the channel on pick sound technique, movement of the wrist etc.?
"Vibrato is the mirror to the soul "
Am I supposed to let the note play for a fraction of a second or should I go straight into the vibrato?
Can we get a clue as to which Ronson song you're referring to?
👍🏻👍🏻
the vibrato i do is weird. i use 9's on my guitars, but i mostly only do vibrato on my pinky, so i can use my other 4 fingers behind the fretted note to get tension and pull the string kind of horizontal. basically just tightening and loosening the tension of the string. i started playing cello at a young age and this method feels more like that, i guess. never been able to do it the right way.
Loren Connors has an interesting vibrato
Sometimes the index finger is bent, but other times is straight, is there a reason to that?
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dave Gilmour, Jeff Beck. Nuff sed.
Clapton does a lot of finger vibrato
I've got a nasty habit of bending the whole neck to vibe notes,guitar is set neck so God help it!!
"If you can find vibrato cheaper anywhere else....." play it - Riccardo "Cheech" Marin
a bro please do the brithday party junkyard or release the bats
Can you tell me what pedals you are using?
I take my thumb of the neck and shake the whole thing 😮Can`t match BB King though.
You forgot full arm vibrato, which is as good if not better than wrist vibrato. Full arm vibrato is used by players such as Eric Clapton, John Mayor and a number of others... By the way, great sounding Les Paul neck pickup
Yes, I debated whether to include something on that technique. It's definitely an interesting idea. Not very common but obviously works great for people like Clapton, but I never really got on with it personally. Might try again at some point.
@@acpg I have not perfected it myself either, but it has a great sound and a great visual intensity. The trick is to totally let go of the back of the guitar
por favor legendas em Espanhol o Portugues .....nao entendo Ingles ....gracias
Lovely tasty and a guitar sound you could eat with a knife and fork.
What about done Steely Dan Adrian?
Classical vibrato works well on concert/classical guitars but not so much on steel string guitars. String bending is a disaster on classical guitars too.
All The Young Dudes...That must be the Ronson song that you can't ........
There are the other types of vibrato, and then theres Stevie Ray Vaughn.
This is harder than it looks. Lol
Now he's gone and spent some serious cash on a fancy Les Paul.
Maybe it's a Chibson!!!
j dubbleya 71
No, not the correct but width to be one.
haha yes, had it a couple of years though and used it in quite a few previous vids. Wasn't cheap...but I'm getting along just fine with just the one kidney...
@@acpg Good for you Adrian,I'll start worrying when/if I see a dialysis machine on the background though!!!
@@acpg You obviously agree with the old adage 'Les Paul is more Paul'.
I’ve been playing for 25 years and though my vibrato is fine, I’ve NEVER been able to do the “bend and shake”.
Release and bend back, three times, rock on 🤟🎸
the two tips i've heard were 1. like adrian said using your hand on the bottom of the neck as a pivot point for leverage on the string and 2. bend with multiple fingers very close together so you effectively use 2-3 fingers worth of strength, instead of one (tom bukovac). i'm new so just passing along the tips i heard haha
I briefly had a student who was about my age. He'd been playing 30 years and came to me because he "lost" his ability to bend up to a vibrato. He used to play with bands and stood up a lot while playing, but had quit doing that and was seated all the time with very bad posture (slouched way down over the guitar). It was an easy fix. I just recommended he sit with better posture and he had it rocking by the end of the lesson. It can be little things like that giving you problems.
Otherwise it's tricky and just takes a ton of practice. If you've been playing a long time you may have learned some bad habits like pushing up with your fingers instead of rotating your forearm, or the posture thing. You might just kinda start from scratch and relearn it. You can do it, though.
My problem for years (I was self-taught) was I didn't get it right away, and got impatient. I formed two bad habits. One, I would bend down on the G string instead of up. I worked out a pretty good vibrato that way but was hopeless on the B and high E strings. So I made another bad habit: gravitating toward strats and using the trem arm for B and high E string bend/vibratos. And that's okay, I guess. Whatever works. But I had to scrap all that and really buckle down to learn how to do it "right". I don't think there's really a wrong way as long as you're not injuring yourself, but the "right" way is more versatile for sure.
Saddest Chord interesting! I do bend w my fingers as opposed to rotating my wrist. I’m completely self taught and a competent enough player, but am sure I’m missing a lot of these little basic tricks. Thanks!
Stainless steel Frets make it a hell of a lot easier it's like taking the elevator instead of the stairs