anyone know how to do violin vibrato?

Question

i've been playing for like 4 years and i have attemped to do vibrato but it sounds bad so any help would be appreciated. thanks :)

Answer 1

i know how to practice it
i've been playing for like 6/7 years

1. Try bracing the violin peghead against the wall...keeping your chin on the chinrest...be very careful not to add stress against the violin and not to be too loose or the violin may fall...(you might attempt this with a cheaper violin...)

2. Now your vibrato hand should be completely free from holding up the violin...now practice your wrist vibrato on top of the fingerboard...while rolling the tip of the finger...you should now be better able to isolate the stress factors...these are the areas where you're forcing the violin to move unnecessarily.

3. Once you've isolated these areas of tension, you can now focus on eliminating them and allowing your vibrato to float more freely...which is the ultimate goal...whether you're using your arm or wrist vibrato, you ultimate goal would be to allow the vibrato to float

:)

Answer 2

different teachers teach it different. My first teacher had me move my finger up and down, then rock my finger back and forth, then faster, she was really a cello player. My next violin teacher worked with me on vibrato. Then in college, my teacher worked with me on vibrato, til i had it pretty good. It probably took me 1 years in highschool and then a half year in college to get a good vibrato.Vibrato was the hardest thing to learn on the violin.But once you get it , you have it for good.

Answer 3

PLEASE!!! DO NOT push the head of your violin against a wall. if you cant hold it up with your chin when your practicing the vibrato technique, you need a smaller violin.
you need to use your wrist and fingers to make the strings bend out of the usual straight alignment, so that you get a warbling sound.
once you have the technique down pat, will be no problems