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Author: Wss
Date: 2003-07-04 17:24
Hello,I am Malaysian,I am happy to reach this web-site.this is a wonderful web-site.but my english is poor,hope everybody can understand it.^-^
Can anyone teach me the ways of playing Vibrato?what is the most suitable time for a flutist to learn to play vibrato?and what are the tecnique to performce nice vibrato?
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-07-05 16:08
MALAYSIAN!
I AM ALSO MALAYSIAN!
haha
seems to be such a fuzz
when its difficult for us malaysians to actually meet some
enthusiastic student musicians....
can i get some of ur info to contact u?
i am an oboist from Sabah!
anyway......you were mentioning vibrato
there are a few ways to execute vibrato
but before you start practising the way to do it,
make sure you already have a steady tone in all registers
(no natural vibrato or excess windy sound),
the first method is to move ur lips in an up and down motion, but this method is not advisable, as it corrupts your embouchure as well as effect your natural timbre and tone colour.
the seconbd method, which prefered by all (including me, as an oboist and clarinetist) is to use your throat and stomach (air support) to vibrate the sound. kinda like executing pulses of tones in one single long tone or perhaps a short semiquaver. to do this you pick a syllable say 'hah' and try to 'say' it when you are playing. try playing a long tone say concert Bb and starting with a toungued note add a pulse in a steady way with equal durations or intervals in between. then in a few weeks time (remember you must not forget about your usual basics on a steady tone as too much vibrato your tone.)start to minimize the durations or intervals slowly, and by time you are doing it good, you will be able to do it good.
personnaly i think it is more appropriate to have a tutor guide you through the process so you don't do anything wrong. and 2 more things to consider, remeber to use your stomach to add the pressure to the pulse and air support is deifnitely the key to all success in playing wind instruments. and the other thing is that vibrato only adds color to yout tone only when necessary, so don't overdo it.
a little bit on solos or solis will be fine, but that really depends.
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-07-05 16:14
corrections: sorry!
too much vibrato will spoil your tone if it becomes a bad habit when not executed properly!
by the time you are doing it good, you WILL know you are doing it good.
sorry for the spelling mistakes and all
kinda busy at that time...
any comments or suggestions ppl?
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Author: Torustubarius
Date: 2003-07-06 05:50
If you go to the search section of this website and enter "vibrato", you will find lots of posts on this subject. Glean from them what you can.
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Author: wss
Date: 2003-07-12 07:17
hello,"someone",it is happpy to meet malaysian here,u can contact me through my email-flutewss@hotmail.com or icq(104510678).
em....we have some exchange programme with a school band from KL last year.and their flutist told me that the way of playing vibrato is by using some area around our diaphragm.and i hv attend a master class before,and the tutor is a Japanese.she remind us not to use our throat to play vibrato.
although i have listen to many idea of playing vibrato,buti still catch no ball.anyway,i will try to explore it.thanks
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-07-14 10:49
yes it is my pleasure to know you! hope we learn more from each other!
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Author: Heather
Date: 2004-04-20 23:47
i am an intermediate violinist and i dont know how to play vibrato. can you help me or give me some tips?
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