Vibrato Technique

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Develop vibrato with different fingers and string and make sure every pulse returns fully to the original pitch.


View the full lesson at justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/vibrato-technique-seth-004

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I just hadn’t donated money or bought a course for a while, so I bought this blindly.

Hi to you if you did the same or new here with a well-considered choice :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

Greetings ,Rogier

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Did you get today’s news letter? There is a link to a video where Seth give a very good rundown of the course. Looks like a very comprehensive course.

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Thanks Rick ,
I missed that one :blush: start looking to it all this weekend :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings

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I watched that intro video and bought the course. Will start digging into it this weekend. It’s happy timing for me since I’ve been working on bends and vibrato technique of late!

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Excited for you all to dig into the course! Let me know if you have any questions.

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I loved Seth’s focus on the principle of efficiency and control the other night during the webinar and bought the course on the spot. It mirrors what my Jiu-jutsu Professor weaves into whatever technique or position we’re learning all the time!

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Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I think building good technique habits is important since it makes playing easier and ideally makes getting the sounds you’re going for easier to achieve.

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First of all, thank you Seth! There’s so much great content here!

Question about finger placement and the direction in which I move strings for the vibrato - is the aim to work out what feels comfortable and do that every time, or would the direction change based on context (what notes are played before and after, with legato etc).

I’ve been working on the exercise as recommended here, but I’ve also tried to play vibrato the same way at the end of short licks, to see if I can put this technique into practice. I have realized that my index finger (or maybe my whole hand) aren’t angled well for a downwards movement when I end up on the G string fret 5, at (say) the end of the “tell me what you doin” lick… and the same thing happens with my ring finger on the D string fret 7, after a b3 to 3 hammer on back to root.

I think this is because my palm is angled too far away from the strings for there to be enough “room” for me to bend the string towards the floor… should I intentionally work on correcting this? Maybe you get into this in later modules, I’ve not peeked ahead lol.

Hah that’s a lot harder to type out than I thought. I can record a short video if needed.

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Why don’t you make me a little video so I can see exactly how the hand looks and make sure the angle is alright.

For vibrato - the direction of the string is pretty consistent for me. Anything on the high e goes up, 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers on the b string are usually up and most everything else is down including the index finger on the b string.

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I’ve tried to explain my questions here:

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I think you did start to figure it out here in the video. The hand certainly has to get a bit more in position to play the vibrato (ex: if all the fingers are spread out to end the lick, they’ll have to come together some to really have the support). Now - how do we work on this? Honestly, very similar to what you’re doing in the video. Taking some licks and playing them with a focus on getting the vibrato to sound the way you want it to at the end of the lick.

By the way, very common for the fingers to want to take over a bit on the lower strings - it’ll take some continued attention but you’re clearly putting in the work in the right ways!

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Makes sense, thank you Seth!

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