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    • #22450
      SonicRider
      Participant

      I haven’t developed vibrato skills so far. I would like to change this. Initially, the standard “pivot” vibrato feels rather difficult for me, especially when applied in “real” licks (outside an isolated practice context). The “side-to-side” vibrato comes much more natural to me. Of course, it is not so strong but it is noticeable and sounds fine in my opinion. Do you think that this is okay for the time being, or should I insist on learning the pivot vibrato first?

    • #22457
      MotleyCrue81
      Participant

      Pivot vibrato is so much more versatile and you incorporate it in bends. Side to side only makes sense for classical guitar. Here’s a video I made a long time ago, it might be helpful.

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    • #22464
      SonicRider
      Participant

       

      Convinced. I will work on this. Thanks for the Video!

    • #22466
      Byron
      Participant

      This is one of those things you will work and work at until one day it will just click. All of a sudden, you will be nailing it and you will say to yourself “this is so easy. Why was I struggling for so long?”

      • #22469
        superblonde
        Keymaster

        Personally one of my technique problems is switching grip to do these. Because I try to play everything with thumb behind the neck. Then for vibrato and bends it needs to move, to thumb over top. I didnt realize this was my limiting factor until restarting the Licks lessons in the course and trying to figure out why I couldnt use proper technique at a faster practice tempo. So then I just started practicing that switching of grip, back and forth (thumb behind neck, to thumb over neck with pivot position), and slowly improving from there. These techniques are so much easier with proper grip. I think a big limitation of most lessons on bends is that they start with the proper grip for bending and say “ok here’s how to do a bend”, not focusing on that hand change. Whereas, in a solo, the thumb will be behind the neck for chords or a solo, and then have to switch grips for the bendy parts (and then switch back for the next chord etc), so actually, that switch, to me, is one of the most important aspects of the technique overall. Only after that, can the next part be tackled “okay here’s how to bend to proper pitch”.

        Great video Motley.

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