"With Nicky" - Vibrato

This week, we are talking about a much requested subject...vibrato. It’s not surprising there have been so many questions and comments about it as vibrato is one of the most tricky things for string players to develop. Learning and building the fundamentals of this technique early on can be challenging.

So, why is it so important? This video takes you on an exploration of the different ways vibrato can be played and will leave you with some exercises to help develop the basic vibrato movements. Whether you’ve been doing vibrato for 2 months or 2 years, these exercises are great - I still use them today!

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The videos have been generously supported by ESTA UK, MiSST – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme, and Oasby Music Group and I am very grateful for their support.

Huge thanks to our media partners Classic FM, The Strad, The Violin Channel and WQXR who will be sharing the videos with their audiences each week when released.

Finally, these videos wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing team: Scott Jaeger, our film maker, Laura Gardiner, our Education Manager, Rebecca Driver, PR Manager and Hannah King, Online Media Manager. I want to say a huge thank you to all four of them for being with me on this journey.

Film produced by www.jaegerfilm.com

00:03 - Introduction
02:27 -The Fundamentals
06:59 - Vibrato Comparison
11:35 - Exercises
12:48 - The Wobble and That Final Knuckle
14:37 -  Adding Sound, but not Sounding Pretty
17:41 -  Practice Plan - Try to Be Realistic and Intelligent with Your Practice
18:05 - Going Between The Fingers

YouTube links:

Below are the links to the clips used in this film if you want to find out and watch more:

David Oistrakh - Brahms - Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 - David Oistrakh - Brahms - Violin Sona...

Itzhak Perlman Mendelssohn Violin Concerto andante - YouTube.flv - Itzhak Perlman Mendelssohn Violin Con...

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110 - Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 i...

Rachel Podger plays Bach at the 2018 Gramophone Awards - Rachel Podger plays Bach at the 2018 ...

Nicola Benedetti performs R. Strauss’ Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18: Mvts. II & III - Nicola Benedetti performs R. Strauss’...

Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 - Christian Ferras - Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor...

Viktoria Mullova plays Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47 - Viktoria Mullova plays Sibelius Violi...

Sibelius Violin Concerto - Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago S.O. (CSO) - Sibelius Violin Concerto - Maxim Veng...

Joshua Bell: Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op 47 - 24.11.11 - Joshua Bell: Sibelius Violin Concerto...

James Ehnes Sibelius Violin Concerto - James Ehnes Sibelius Violin Concerto