Using Vibrato
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Pipey
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Using Vibrato
With only eight weeks under my belt my question might be regarded as a bit premature (trying to avoid being "Orbised" here) but are there any groundrules on using vibrato? Is it just a common sense thing where under or over use should be avoided? Should you avoid it on the shorter notes? Just looking ahead. Regards to all. Thanks
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Uilliam
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Hello Pipey..purely a matter of taste,more effective on the long notes.I find that little has more effect than lots.By that I mean if you put it in here and there in a piece then it stands out and makes the ears pick up and has a pleasing effect..on the other hand if it is used a lot then it kind of takes over and becomes monotonous,the same is true of all ornamentation in my books.Anyways enjoy yer pipering
Slan go foill
Liam
Slan go foill
Liam
Pipey,
I agree with Uillian -- it fits well with the slower tunes. It will be a while until you can incorporate them into the faster songs.
To get a clean vibrato, I do a full scale (very slowly) doing three- and four- touch vibrato's. These are for the faster songs. A lot of fiddlers and pipers tend to start a vibrato quickly on the note and slowly diminish it. Nice touch to finish a song.
Cheers,
Virgil
I agree with Uillian -- it fits well with the slower tunes. It will be a while until you can incorporate them into the faster songs.
To get a clean vibrato, I do a full scale (very slowly) doing three- and four- touch vibrato's. These are for the faster songs. A lot of fiddlers and pipers tend to start a vibrato quickly on the note and slowly diminish it. Nice touch to finish a song.
Cheers,
Virgil
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tok
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I did a masters class with liam o flynn. he was saying that when you come up to a chance for a vabratto , in a piece , play it , and then stop it ,
as you go to the next phrase . In other words , dont let the embellishment
become the tune . I think this attudde is best seen in slow air playing , and the habit will cary over to the other , faster tunes .
tok. the style allways ends the vabbrato ,, not on a rest per say ,, but before the next phrase , and is then heard as an embellishment of the phrase just done . The player focuses again on the base of the tune ,, or slow air ,, and the process repeates itself ,, till the tune is done . I think this is a good way of giving meaning to the tunes .
Tom .
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as you go to the next phrase . In other words , dont let the embellishment
become the tune . I think this attudde is best seen in slow air playing , and the habit will cary over to the other , faster tunes .
tok. the style allways ends the vabbrato ,, not on a rest per say ,, but before the next phrase , and is then heard as an embellishment of the phrase just done . The player focuses again on the base of the tune ,, or slow air ,, and the process repeates itself ,, till the tune is done . I think this is a good way of giving meaning to the tunes .
Tom .
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