4 Professional Flutists Share Their Vibrato Secrets

[@TheBabyInYellow-xo6fp]

I think vibrato is what really makes the flute sound so nice. You can convey so much expression and it allows for many different and beautiful renditions on certain pieces.

[@eduardpiljic2662]

Thanks everybody, especially to Lorna McGhee. Regards, Eduard.

[@HakanHalitTurgay]

Vibrato is the pulse of music.

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

Rubbish. Rhythm is the pulse of music. Quivering is an intrusive destructive effect which seems to please people who lack the ability to feel true rhythm, the overall flow of a piece of music.

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

Better idea. Never do it. As soon as the first quivering begins that's where the music ends. Quivering is a hideous fault in instrumental playing and in singing. No substitute for improving fundamentally important elements in the music - including phrasing.

[@joejoejoe532]

That's like telling a painter "Never use red" and "as soon as the first hints of rosy tint begins the painting ends." You are right that vibrato wouldn't substitute important musical elements like phrasing, same the color "red' would not replace fundamental elements of painting like "composition." But whether YOU personally like it or not, vibrato is as much part of the musical palette as red is part of the color palette. While it, like red, can be misused/overused, I find your "never do it" idea lacking in any usefulness.

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

@@joejoejoe532 Rubbish. Red is part of a range of colours, as pitch and timbre are part of a range of musical sounds. Quivering is equivalent to wrinkling and shaking a painting.

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

@@joejoejoe532 Explain how this would be improved by quivering. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-kg2WNgKmMfrc

[@joejoejoe532]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc Vibrato is literally the change in pitch from higher to lower in a repeating pattern: hence a change in pitch. If vibrato is the change in pitch over time, then that is equivalent to using a pattern consisting of multiple shades of red. My analogy still stands.

[@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc]

@@joejoejoe532 "Vibrato is literally the change in pitch from higher to lower in a repeating pattern: hence a change in pitch." Only pitch?