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Top 5 Vibrato Mistakes (on the Violin and Viola) - and How To Fix Them!
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Developing your vibrato will help you develop your sound.

“Vibrato is like a pasta sauce. Everyone has their unique recipe. Work on perfecting each of the ingredients and your recipe will develop and be perfected over time.” ~Dr. Lynn Kuo

Top 5 Vibrato Mistakes:

0:00 Introduction

0:43 Mistake #1: The Weird Wiggle:

Solution: The Hand Print

3:00 Mistake #2: The Too Tense Vibrato

Solution: The Golden Horseshoe:
- Think of relaxing the thumb in order to relax the entire hand.
- Think of an energy circuit from thumb through the inside of the hand to the finger, like a “Golden Horseshoe”
- Keep the thumb and hand relaxed. (Release any thumb tension.)
- Think of an energy circuit between thumb and finger (the “Golden Horseshoe”), which helps keep the hand relaxed.
- Also think of relaxing the entire arm structure: Collar bone, shoulder blade

Tip: Nod your head from the A.O. joint instead of jutting your chin out and pressing your head onto your chin rest

- Please see my Violynn Chats interview with Body Mapping educator Jennifer Johnson. Jennifer talks more about the left arm and shoulder area:
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6:56 Mistake #3: The Inappropriate Vibrato:

Solution: Know your styles, listen carefully.
- Research styles by listening to great artists - live or on recordings.
- Learn different styles and what kinds of vibratos sound appropriate for them.
- Listen acutely to evaluate your own vibrato.

My students in my Violin Bootcamp know that I advocate for and preach acute listening. I teach them how to imagine their ideal sound and interpretation and how to create that with their own technique.

9:41 Mistake #4: The Uncentered Vibrato.

Solution: Use your elephant ears
- Use your Auditory Feedback Loop to constantly give you feedback on pitch.
- Use your ‘elephant ears’ and keep them wide open and stay aware.
- Listen carefully for your desired pitch and whether your vibrato oscillation is distorting that pitch.

11:41 Mistake #5: The Stop and Start Vibrato (the most popular violin and viola vibrato mistake!)
aka Delayed vibrato.

Solution: Practice continuous vibrato aiming for continuous vibrato, passing it from note to note.

7 Best Vibrato Exercises:
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