How do you get a vibrato when singing?

Question

I am not trained at singing at all but would still like to know how to get a vibrato when singing. A few different tips would be helpful!
Anything that I try and works will get points, the one that works the best will obviously get best answer !!!

Thanks in advance for your help !!

Answer 1

I really like Formally Bob's answer. It makes the most sense out of all the answers. EVERY voice has a vibrato. If you haven't found yours, it is from incorrect technique. However, I was very concerned with someone suggesting to NOT have vibrato and that vibrato is out. This is a dangerous idea, because as any true voice teacher will tell you and any ENT who does frequent work with singers, frequent singing without vibrato can actually cause permanent damage to your vocal chords, whether a person wants to admit it or not. If you don't believe me, check out David L. Jones (one of the best vocal coaches in the world) opinion on not having a vibrato in his article "Understanding the Vibrato".

"Some straight tone singers have sung in choirs where the director has demanded straight tone. This is potentially a damaging circumstance. Straight tone singing is extremely unhealthy for the voice. Vocal nodules can result from such vocal production because of too much pressure held at the glottis to prevent vibrato from occurring in the tone."

Did you read that? Vocal nodules are no joke, so you DO NOT want to continue singing this way. The real problem is controlling the vibrato. Vibrato is not about changing notes back and forth, that is not true. It is a slight variation, but not apparent switching of keys. If you hear this, the person doesn't have control over their vibrato. That is why some people "think" it is wrong. WHen a person is singing correctly, you don't even notice the variation. Vibrato can be healthy and uninterfered if one has proper breath support, and the muscles are used correctly with control. Find a good voice teacher, read up on having a healthy vibrato with this link http://www.voiceteacher.com/vibrato.html

In the meantime, in your start to inhale, inflate your tummy (see my answers on how to breathe from diaphragm) without moving your shoulders and upper chest, and then release the air naturally (don't force the air out). After trying this several times, begin to sing with the same concept. Start with middle C. HOLD the note as long as the air permits, without pushing the note out (which is one reason it sounds straight tone). Let it naturally release as you sing. Continue to go up the scale focusing on each note. Keep proper posture and do not move your neck up the higher you sing. You finding a voice teacher is indeed your best bet, because I can't hear you. I have worked with singers who have had straight toned singing before I gave it up to concentrate on my own career, and none of them left my studio without a vibrato. You will find yours. Just have patience.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

When we truly love a singer and/or their performance, it's because they've moved us in some deep, unexplainable way. They seem to have profound access to places within themselves that we feel but find it difficult to express with such apparent ease. It's really not that hard to learn to sing and express emotions in this way.

Our emotions are housed in the diaphragm (a huge wall of muscle in the center of the body), not in the head, as our minds would have us think. The diaphragm, along with the vocal cords, comprise the main components of the singing instrument.

Connect with the diaphragm with true intention and voila, you have vibrato. Control of said vibrato can be put to good use by a singer, and can often be heard at the end of a note or phrase, giving it tone, expression and color.

The technical explanation of vibrato would be 'slight oscillations of the note up and down', in other words 'making the note wobble up and down a bit'!

There are two ways to create it, with the jaw and with the diaphragm.

When we use the jaw to create vibrato it sounds forced and unreal, but from the diaphragm (and a relaxed one at that), it should sound vibrant and natural.

Easier said than done you might say, especially if you've been singing for a while and are still not hearing it in your voice. The answer is simple: stop trying to control it. The diaphragm is a huge part of the vocal instrument and was made to sing.



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Answer 4

RE:
How do you get a vibrato when singing?
I am not trained at singing at all but would still like to know how to get a vibrato when singing. A few different tips would be helpful!
Anything that I try and works will get points, the one that works the best will obviously get best answer !!!

Thanks in advance for your help !!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

How To Do Vibrato

Answer 7

It takes some practice. First, you need to find the sound and tone where you voice is loudest, with little or no effort--a place where you can make a sound like looooooou and sustain it loudly. This is your natural voice. It is where sound is shaped only by your diaphragm pushing air across your vocal cords. At first, don't try to make the sound appealing, it actually helps to try all sorts of odd sounds and tones to see where your voice is at its best. You can then learn how to add the vibrato using the muscles in your throat and vocal cords. Warm up before singing by practicing this sound by running though the scales a few times, then run through adding vibrato.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

You should not try using any specific method to do that or you will sound phony and bad. Just sing a lot and feel it when it comes and guide it ever so gently to sound as pretty as it can for you. Also, do not ever try to imitate someone elses vibrato as it is different for everybody and forcing it can RUIN YOUR VOICE!!! Also, vibratos naturally get wider with age, so if you force it when you're young you will sound like a broken old car alarm by the time you're thirty. Go to your library and research voice training and take some classes at your local college music department to make the most of knowledge and training. Good luck! ;)