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Vibrato???

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Fri, 08/09/2019 - 18:18
Sanshinboi
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Hello David,

In the study song " Rollin Rhumba" Chorus 3 bar 9 starting with draw 6 I hear slight variations of pitch and also at the end of the draw 4 And other places through out the song. My question is are you achieving that sound by using the vibrato technique. I took a quick peak at the vibrato video and you said not to attempt vibrato till you have your bending fairly well mastered, right? 

Whateverthat technique is is awesome sounding!

Thanks 

Sanshinboi

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Sat, 08/10/2019 - 00:22
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David Barrett
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Hello Sanshinboi. I'm glad

Hello Sanshinboi. I'm glad you like it. Yes, it is vibrato. I didn't mean to throw out a technique you don't know yet, but it just came out. Use tremolo as much as you can now... a solid tremolo is the engine for a vibrato. As your bending gets better and better, over time, the probability of a vibrato happening goes up.

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