Vibrato technique

Hemert

Through spending so much time with Stochelo for the academy I know how he does his vibrato in detail. There's definitely some tricks to it (some do's, some don'ts) and it is not that hard to develop (I estimate about three weeks with daily practice).

It is very different on the low strings and the high strings. Very hard to put into words without showing it on the guitar but if anyone wants to know just ask me at DFNW (I'll be there) and I'll be happy to show it to you and the way to develop it yourself.

arjr

Hey Anthony thanks for the advice, I've heard the same thing
about pressing harder but not the reason why....thanks for clearing that up.

Another player who has a nice vibrato is Antoine Boyer. It seems he left hand spazzes out
to get that sound...................Yorgui is still my favorite when it comes to this technique though.



Angelo

pickitjohn

Great thread Love it.

here is a video Of Fapy Lafertin & Le jazz

"What a Difference a Day Make"

Definitely one of my Favorite albums and he's got that Vibrato down





THANKS DAVE

pick on

pickitjohn

chimorh

Does anyone have the tabs for Fapy's "What a difference a day makes"? It's really fantastic.

pickitjohn

I don't have the tab but do Know of the 37 songs on that album about 32 of them made my 5 star list.

Michael has it here:

http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/Ite ... in-le-jazz

pick on

pickitjohn

Jeff Moore

arjr

He doesn't vary the speed much or at all in a single use of vibrato, but he does wait on some notes before using vibrato. Though at 3.05 he starts and stops the vibrato on one note.
He is using different speeds and techniques at different times in the song.
I think the three variables are 1. strings other than the high E can be more aggresively vibratoed 2. He uses different speeds at different times and more or no string bending. Each is a different technique 3. At a couple points he uses the shake of both wrist and hand to impart motion to the index finger on the high E. At most times (and on the other five strings - not high E) he's using the finger itself to bend the string back and forth.
When I bring it to full screen it really shows his technique is changing a lot from phrase to phrase.
Yorgui's vibrato is like his playing. It is highly evolved and is also improvised using several techniques. It doesn't come cheap.

I'm happy with my vibrato. I use it liberally and seem to remember it took for damn ever to have enough technique especially on the high E string. By the time I came to GJ, I had a pretty good rock and roll sting bending vibrato which was years in coming by itself but quickly adapted to GJ. I also use what I think of a classical vibrato where the motion is in line with the string (as opposed to across it), such that you don't bend the string much at all but rock it between the frets. That technique adds a different vibe and for me was easier to acquire.

It's hard for me to think about vibrato without thinking about Stochelo's super fast application of it. Like he's almost shaking the note before he hits it. He can also do this on the high E as well. The vibrato oscillation is not wide but is very fast. net net - it's intense and doable anywhere on the neck.
I think Yorgui's vibrato is like his playing. It is highly evolved and is also improvised using several techniques. It doesn't come cheap.

Jazzaferri

The classic vibrato technique I was taught actually changes the string tension slightly. The big advantage to it is one can use any finger or combinations of fingers. The disadvantage is the pitch change is relatively subtle in comparison to the usual in gj.

Sidney Bechet's vibrato, is considered to be very wide, although he is playing a different instrument :oops: To me what is important is not how wide or how fast, but how well it fits with the soloists story.