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Posted on August 24th, 2009.
This post was written by Jad Azkoul.
Vibrato adds warmth to one’s playing, and gives notes greater sustain. Abel Carlevaro identifies the first two types types described below:
HORIZONTAL is done by “shifting” the pitch below and above the target note. The speed and width of the vibrato is best controlled by the arm.
VERTICAL is produced by the action of the finger alone. The string is pulled either up or down and returned to its normal tension. As the pitch is modified only by getting sharper, one should bend the string with care so as not to sound out of tune. I call this the “Jimmy Hendrix” vibrato.
SPECIAL is similar to the one above, except it is the arm that makes the string oscillate vertically, both up and down. It is necessary to release the thumb for this vibrato, the one I name the “Eric Clapton” vibrato! (Watch some Clapton video clips to see how this is done.)