The SIMPLE Way to Learn Vibrato!

[@DavePollack]

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[@bwadwee]

whenever im nervous playing the sax i just naturally vibrato LMFAO

[@georgehaas7292]

Why is this so true 😭

[@10MFAN]

The best instructor on the Internet! Fantastic information explained in a way that everyone can understand and learn from. Nobody does it better!!! Dave, fantastic video as always. ❤️❤️🎷🎷

[@DavePollack]

Maaan thanks Mark!!! I really appreciate that 🙏

[@JimaFouesnant]

Hello de France en Bretagne. Depuis 3 jours je passe en boucle votre vidéo... Ça y est j'ai compris. Mille fois merci

[@gudin1956]

Hi Dave, my name is Gustavo Dinerstein from Buenos Aires. I'm using this excercise allready for several years with my students and is really a good training exercise. I'm enjoying your videos and they let me know i'm teaching in the right direction. It's a great pleasure to empathize with your teaching resources. Good vibes fron south america !

[@DavePollack]

I really appreciate those kind words and I'm so glad you're getting a lot out of my videos!

[@gudin1956]

I also add some triplets and quintuplets (is that the way you name it ?) to the excercise.@@DavePollack

[@Rafael-nm7uz]

Finally a didactic video about vibrato

[@DavePollack]

You're welcome! That's why I made it (and all my other videos) - too many people complicate things and provide vague descriptions.

[@gabrielruiz6495]

The best lesson of vibrato I've seen, thanks

[@DavePollack]

You're very welcome!!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Man, I’m so glad someone else is teaching vibrato for a change! Loved this one - I feel like you just given me permission to take the vibrato teaching debate away from a lip only phenomenon!! 😊

[@oosaxx]

we do know who to thank when it comes to lip out embouchure

[@DavePollack]

Thanks Jamie!! It’s something that I think musicians assume everyone knows how do to, but obviously it needs to be taught.

[@johnleon2982]

Best vibrato instruction I've ever heard. And, yes, Richie Cole was superb!

[@DavePollack]

Thank you so much!!

[@LeoBercoff]

Excelent exercises proposed! I'll apply on my clarinet! :) Thanks!

[@thepianokid27]

This is super helpful Dave. Thanks a whole lot! :D

[@DavePollack]

You’re very welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@andrewjones3502]

Tremendous thanks Dave 😊

[@DavePollack]

You’re welcome!

[@AcevedoDMA]

Great video! This is exactly how I teach this! It is nice to have a reference for students to check out when they ask me about it randomly when they are getting into jazz!

[@DavePollack]

So great to hear!

[@BrianBurgess-jg6bs]

Great posting Dave; very much appreciated cheers

[@DavePollack]

Thanks so much!

[@BassMarkMusik]

Great lesson! This is the same way I used for other instruments like cello or doublebass. Thanks a lot for sharing it ❤

[@WillianRamos-q5f]

Thank you very much I,d the tutorial, by the way you have a beautiful sound 🎷

[@DavePollack]

Thank you!! 🙏

[@DJsilversax]

Just got a copy of Richie Cole’s Pop Bop on CD. I first heard the album on cassette about 30 years ago and I’m still trying to work out how he does those chromatic runs so fast. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JimaFouesnant]

avez vous une vidéo sur le "glissando " ????

[@caliskan2022]

Is there a reason why it's so much harder for me to execute vibrato on my classical set up vs my jazz one? I can't seem to get it as beautifully on my classical set up.

[@DavePollack]

Is the reed harder on the classical setup? Bending the pitch/vibrato/etc is much easier on a thinner reed.

[@caliskan2022]

@@DavePollack Not quite, I use Grand Concert Selects size 3 on an AL 3, compared to Select Jazz 3 medium on a Myer 6. Maybe I'll try a 2.5 on classical...

[@matt-darwin]

Would be great to differentiate between controlled vibrato and the warble that sometimes happens with newer players from a lack of airstream support. Great video as always, especially the demonstrations of different styles of vibrato that might be used. It's such a personal part of someone's tone, great to see it being talked about.

[@lyntedrockley7295]

Richie was there!!

[@jazzygiraffe8589]

Phil Woods sometimes employs a kind of semit tone vibrato (or he's simply starting a note with his lips instead of using his tongue). One recording off the top of my head where he does it would be Open Doors

[@Abby-zi4xi]

Great Lesson on vibrato, thank you! Do you have a lesson on fall offs? People say they are easy and that you just play some chromatic notes downward and blow softer but I find them really hard to do. Is this a common problem and can you teach it? Thank you.

[@DavePollack]

I haven't done one yet, but I definitely will!

[@Abby-zi4xi]

Thank you!!

[@originalchilehed]

Okay, so help me understand. Coming from flute I always understood vibrato to be a variation in sound amplitude, while a variation in pitch is properly termed tremolo (the whammy bar on a guitar is a tremolo bar, not a vibrato bar). Why the variation in terms from one instrument to a other?

[@donlibes]

Vibrato is pitch variation on all instruments including flute.

[@originalchilehed]

@@donlibes Huh. Wow. How the heck did I get it exactly backwards my entire life??

[@DavePollack]

Honestly I don’t know why the term varies, but I’ve NEVER heard the term tremolo used for a wind instrument. I also use a breath vibrato on flute (which you *could* use on sax) but it’s really not how it traditionally has been done on saxophone.

[@RockRabot007]

Enjoying your course. I play tenor, Conn 10M. Great sounding sax. Lovely low notes. But altissimo is very difficult. Any tips?

[@DavePollack]

Glas to hear that! I actually play a Conn 10m tenor as well. I’m coming out with a saxophone workshop (shh I haven’t made that public yet!) at the end of July that goes into how I approach and teach altissimo (that’s one part of the workshop) so stay tuned for that!

[@bobpremecz5429]

Great technique and advice. Really enjoyed the section on "Different Types of Vibrato". There are so many more examples (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXuocmCOZauiY5I), but you hit the most relevant ones for most players. The big thing I enjoyed most was how you used your Bis key! I've been doing the same for 50+ years, despite being told it wasn't correct or possible!

[@DavePollack]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it