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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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