How to have the BEST Vibrato 🎵 [4 Easy Steps]

[@sabrinai]

"I struggle with many things, but not vibrato!" 😂 Best intro of 2024 for a lesson yet.

[@Minnie_the_Shinobu_fan]

If your having girl problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 problems, But struggling with vibrato ain't one There I rephrased the sentence :D

[@AdorablyAnastasia]

I hope you make more tutorial videos like this this year! You have a really unique way of explaining things that makes learning violin a bit less scary 😅 I’m gonna go practice now!

[@conniemckenney]

Sometimes, when I'm doing chores, I log into Tonic, join an open studio, and just leave my phone playing while I do chores. It's like getting a free concert 🎉

[@marikothecheetah9342]

Didn't know you could do that. Cool!

[@colet7645]

brilliant

[@vivanlosmichis]

Aprendiii!!! Que emoción ,buenas técnicas 💗

[@colormepiano]

“you’re hitting your face with imaginary balls” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😭😭😭

[@t.p.mckenna]

... and I thought this was a family show!!!

[@veroniquevanderveken8526]

I’m 42. And i just started my 1st violin classes. I still struggling with sol re la mi 🤣. The vibrato will the struggle for over a few years. 🤣

[@IllonoD-nz7wk]

The slow vibrato where the notes go above and below are very useful if you want to play indian classical repertoire. That sort of sound is very intentional and common in that type of music.

[@TheLukeas]

Thank you so much for sharing😊 I literally managed to learn vibrato in 2 days of a practice! Very helped the "string cleaning" exercise, all is about relaxing the fingers, giving a bit of tension to the strings and getting that "bouncing ball" motion.

[@TigaSekawanSejahtera]

cool

[@nkviolinstudio]

From my experience, when students learn wrist vibrato in the third position, after returning to the first position, they often wobble their wrist. I started teaching arm vibrato first, and then, once they understand that vibrato is mainly done through the finger stretch (knuckles), I guide them through these wrist exercises... btw. great video!!

[@arielkaya2783]

Since I just got my first violin at the ripe age of 34 (after dreaming of it for the past 23 years)... I can't wait to get past the first screeches and learn vibrato with you😂

[@cristinafratilescu9614]

You are the best ,the enthusiasm you have will make everyone want to play better and better ❤

[@WadeKing-dm2hw]

Best instructional video so far. I have neuropathy in my hands now. Getting my fingers to collapse while sliding back in forth is the hardest for me

[@regulaschwab5017]

Thanks for the toiletpaper trick😂! Love that. I just used it with a pupil but UNDER the neck. She has very sweaty hands and hat trouble shifting along the neck and got very frustrated about it. The toilet paper solved the problem right away! 🥳🥳🎻🎻🙏🙏🙏🙏 I am confident that we will be able to move the paper ON the fingerboard soon😂. 🙏

[@PianoMaskGuy]

Watching your videos inspired me to take up the violin..... I am a week in..... I used to be a professional oboist and went to the Royal College of Music. I am loving being a violinist now. Thank you so much for inspiring me :-)

[@jademartin8521]

Showed my 10 year old daughter who plays violin..she’s still struggling, but told her to keep replaying this and practice!

[@sevinamelody2046]

iNtErEsTiNg title you got there Ray-

[@CharlieLovesRobloxUwU]

I saw many people talking about his title I know me dum but why?😊

[@CharlieLovesRobloxUwU]

Bro lol then do u remember the old one lol

[@lilacred2223]

What's with the title? I don't get it😫

[@someoneyouneverknew]

@@lilacred2223 it used to be "how to become the best vibrator" or smt lmao

[@elizabethcrumbley2803]

I absolutely love this method! I'm a teacher as well and was looking for a good way to explain vibrato, but I couldn't find a good video to go with how I was taught. I was taught to keep the wrist loose, but slowly work into the arm vibrato with a loose wrist. I feel like this video works well with your part two on vibrato from 7 years ago. You don't really say it in this video but when you go into playing the excerpt from Thais Meditation I can see you combining the wrist and arm vibrato and that's what I was looking for!

[@eggman7527]

Oh man. I don't know why but vibrato is just the hardest thing for me. I thought I was just one of those people who simply doesn't have the gene for walking and chewing gum simultaneously. Terrible shortcoming for me, a bigtime note bender on guitar who loves laying on the lavish emoting. This was extremely helpful. Thank you!!!

[@carissahernandez4101]

Thank you for posting this! This was the only video that actually got me to understand how to do a good vibrato without seizing up my hand. The toilet paper helped get that smooth wrist movement technique down

[@jh.y00N]

You made it easy to understand for someone like me who doesn't play the violin. Of course, good vibrato is something that requires more personal development, but you are definitely the friendly Professor Ray when you teach!!✨👑🎻💎🌞🧑🏻‍🎓🥇

[@tiffcat1100]

What a charmer, love the talent, the humour, the fab smile, the enthusiasm, the relatability. I bet some people who follow on KZbin (etc) & who had no intention of taking up violin playing have done so! 😹 ❤🎉❤

[@sedai4410]

I was NOT expecting a tutorial video come up in my page,, when I just bought a violin .. what surprised me is that the tutorial is from UNCLE RAY HIMSELF !!!

[@josephwilliams4779]

Amazing, you made learning vibrato so much easier.

[@william-michaelcostello7776]

I think the biggest mistakes teachers make is to insist that the wrist remain straight. Basically all of the joints in the hand must be movable. If you have a stiff ankle then you can‘t walk or run, a stiff wrist you can‘t vibrate. I remember Joseph Silverstein saying, the hand should feel like it has no bones. Great video.

[@JoseTorres-mh8qm]

Finally! I never knew how to do wrist vibrato! Now I do!!

[@jnee3873]

Wow, a new trailer: Tchaikovsky. It can also show what to do whenever handling string breaks. Also, massive recovery mid section.

[@carletto.spitaleri]

can you make a tutorial about how to use correctly the bow? i asked many teachers but they didn't were sure because my hand is really big, and knowing you are like the best violinist and have big hands we think you would teach me the perfect technique... hope you see this :)

[@M_SC]

It takes years

[@KrispyKremers]

It doesn't take years. I learned it in a week. Best way I learned it was to put the tip of my thumb onto that middle section on my middle and ring fingers, then grab a pencil or colored pencil and do the same thing but with the pencil wedged between your thumb and fingers. Put your pinky up onto the top of the pencil. Practice this position a little then grab a bow and do the exact same thing

[@carletto.spitaleri]

@@KrispyKremers i know too how to keep in the hand the bow, but the fact is that now I'm trying to improve in some specific technique like the picchettato and to do it I may change the position a bit, and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right

[@Ferv0r_]

Always my dream to become the greatest vibrator in the world. Thank you Ray for showing me the way.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Thank you, Ray for this upload.I've been playing violin for years but for some reason just never cottoned on to getting my vibrato happening. This, really quite simple set of steps, which I WILL do every day, seem to be achievable for me to get a vibrato in my arsenal. Thanks again, - Mark, Australia

[@taochengliu44]

謝謝你的教導，抖音。好聰明的方法。❤❤❤

[@rosechen4433]

Very helpful for starters like my 8-year old daughter! Thank you so much for sharing!😊

[@papaya-v1u]

우와 비브라토에 대한 마음의 부담이 줄어들었어요 ~감사해요 정말 !너무 잘 생기셧어요

[@NatNatNat-tc8pp]

This video was really helpful! I violin teacher was trying to show me a technique for vibrato but I couldn't seem to get it. Thank you Ray Chen!

[@TigaSekawanSejahtera]

thank you for the video I don't know how to do vibrato but with this video I can do it

[@kurthooley2887]

Thank you. I am a few months shy of completing my 2nd year of lessons and am just now starting vibrato. I started lessons at age 56 lol

[@IndikaNishantha-gc2oz]

Thank you ..... I gained very helpfull tips.. You are a great teacher.... I m from SL (🇱🇰 )

[@itsumbiot892]

Ray! I (and many other people, i think) would be very happy, if you will do video about chords! Thanks!

[@antoniopacheco873]

Thanks a lot for sharing your technique on vibrato.God bless you.

[@jeremyguidrydramateacher]

Is it just me, or does Ray Chen seem like a really solid dude. In that "I'd have a beer with him" kinda way. Anyhoooo, thanks for all the help Ray!

[@cackslopper5321]

My Dad was a fantastic Violinist. He never taught me violin, but he did teach me the fine art of self-depreciation humour (Although, I just wasn't very good at it). He'd have loved your sense of humour!

[@hyankevyn3232]

5:58 The mosquito in my bedroom while i'm trying to sleep 🤣 Great video btw!!

[@은경정-w9t]

완전 감사합니다~

[@LRPhotographer]

I learned to do vibrato (the motion of it, anyway) by putting rice in a small pill bottle and holding its bottom and top between my thumb and pinky finger, then shaking it backward very loosely to learn to control the speed and amount of backward movement of my hand/wrist while also learning to loosen my wrist as I did so. I highly recommend this exercise at the beginning of every practice session until it becomes an effortless movement without having to think of all of the mechanics of it.

[@az-bp7ns]

I finally start to learn vibrato. I was waiting for it for a long time.. (not that long.. I started to learn to play the violin in Feb 2023). And the way my teacher got me practice scales actually was vibrato.. If intonation is good enough.. I can learn vibrato. So it's day 2 since she showed me this knocking motion (cleaning fingerboard method.. Will get a tissue in the future.. Like the idea). But honestly.. My arms hrt.. Poor muscles.. (my arms hurt when I braid my hair.. So I guess it will get better..) yeah looks easy.. Doesn't it.. 😂

[@anthonyballog8026]

There are 3 vibrato techniques you need to master to get your performance. This video explains one. Can you do other videos with the other two. I always had the arm technique down and had a master class with Dave Cerutti to improve my hand vibrato. (Every violinist has their own idea of whether the vibrato should be bellow or above the not, I agree with Cerutti it should be above but what really matters is intonation of couse.) Thank you.

[@aria_trust2775]

It's one of the best ways for vibration 👌

[@monika7063]

A very sus title but a great video! Glad I didn’t miss the premier

[@AmandaViolinGirl]

4 days to go and it will be exactly 5 years since I started violin. 15th January. I still can't do vibrato properly. I do have a teacher.

[@thegamerchampie8351]

It's fine I've been playing for 5 years and I still didn't learn vibrato, so I had to teach myself and I learned it decently in a couple weeks and that was last year, im really good now and it'd not as hard as ppl say, you just gotta keep doing it and you'll get it

[@thisdudoe7969]

I've been playing for 12😭 and I can sort of do it but I struggle a lot, sometimes you can't even hear it so don't worry about

[@habakukduduk9293]

Thanks Ray! This tipps helped me a lot to develop my vibrato. Keep on going, it`s great what you are doing.

[@Imaastro]

Thanks for teaching me these things Ray!

[@parthamukherjee3014]

Beautiful technique for teaching. Marvelous 👌👌👌👌

[@Casting_spells]

I've never been this early.... Ray, you have all my love and support ❤....thank you so much

[@cemultraslan7496]

you have become a master now Now it's time to teach us We are waiting for more educational videos. This is too short. Thank you.

[@annettenelson9669]

Thanks for taking time to help us Ray. I appreciate it very much. This video was very helpful. I had a teacher tell me to straighten my fingers out then cave them in. It did not help me at all as to me it feels more like rocking the fingers side to side, keeping them in the same position.

[@hyybreadno4]

can you do a tutorial about trills? I have some trouble with it and it'd be great to know your tips and tricks about it!

[@rearaujo2995]

Amei as dicas, há anos estou na batalha por um vibrato perfeito 😂 Tkanks you ❤

[@matsiemaggy4023]

Thank you so much 🎉 I'm gonna go and practice.

[@georgegeorge8401]

Excellent job. Very good teacher. Thanks for the tips

[@cseperegazesolefolyikazarcomon]

Thank you, I've also written a request for this topic on the discord server. ❤✨

[@sarahyeoh0111]

Hi, thanks for this good video! I would like to ask when you do vibrato, does the valley in between the index finger and thumb, touch the neck of the violin?

[@patriciarosas5246]

I loveeeee youur channel and your energy... Here you have a new fan 🎉🤩😍🎻

[@shonen84]

Very happy to have tickets for your concerto Monday in Antwerp, Belgium! See you soon!! ❤❤❤

[@quarinteen1]

I have been playing this instrument for about 5 minutes. What I have found though just with what is comfortable to me. I balance the neck on the fleshy part of my palm, and instead of moving my wrist. I sort of squeeze with the finger, and the flesh part like the neck isn't there. Then when I hold the bow softly it will bounce sort of as well, and makes it a little more intense. I hope I articulated that properly.

[@cindyrissal3628]

Love the tutorial videos! I'd play w/ them...if I weren't having left hand problems. My wrist has gotten so stiff lately, I can't play. I'm getting older, too...help??

[@inesis]

The perfect video to watch before playing a baroque piece!

[@deep_fried_toast]

As a flute player, this isn’t what I was looking for, but I watched it anyway even though I could be looking for how to play vibrato on flute

[@Cherfield-D-Blessedman]

Thanks Ray.

[@aquariusvineii5945]

Thank you for the tutorial ray, my wife love the way I make fingers vibrate (on violin)

[@claires3528]

Thank you so much Ray! Lol I don't know if this tutorial was already in the works, but if you made this video because I suggested a few more basics / intermediate tutorials after you posted the free sheet music in Tonic, thank you so much. ❤️❤️ And if not, thank you so much anyway 😂❤

[@cass679]

Made it to Grade 8 RCM doing half assed wrist vibrato and arm as a crutch. Teacher point blank told me my vibrato was awful and I needed to fix it immediately. LOL so here I am

[@BoydeTyler]

Awesome video. Thanks. I've tried a few times with other videos but they didn't work for me. Plus they seem to talk think they

[@stefanardelean6557]

Thank you very much for this Lessing!God bless you!

[@carlywright6748]

Ray Chen!! Thank you! You are amazing!!

[@HanChap2]

Best tutorial I have seen!

[@giacomo2511]

Very interesting! I think this is what often violinists call “wrist vibrato”, I also heard about “arm vibrato”, do you use it? Is it something different? Thanks!!🙏🏻

[@eqwertysh]

As it's mentioned in the name, the arm vibrato uses the entire forearm. Usually violinists don't use it as it isn't necessary for a lot of pieces. In addition, beginners are normally started on wrist vibrato, and some find it easier(not in my case though). Also, the sound of the arm vibrato is 'fatter' warmer, works better on the lower strings and not suitable for certain pieces. This technique is used more often by lower strings(viola, cello, double bass) because wrist vibrato is nothing on them.

[@valienpire]

Bro knew what he was doing with that title 😭

[@calebrivera1710]

What does it mean

[@valienpire]

@@calebrivera1710 I guess the joke kinda got ruined when he changed the title. The original title was "how to be the perfect vibrator"

[@allyxiz]

Or maybe it’s just u

[@BaroqueBlues]

How to have the best vibrato: 1. Hit the note & do NOTHING. 2. In the second of stillness while you are letting the note bloom like a gong being first struck, realize the tempo of the song. 3. Start doing vibrato with a quarter note feel, & put isometric type passion into it, so it will want to sustain & carry on.

[@zevelgamer.]

The title is a bit weird not gonna lie...

[@nathann472]

IKR

[@sparksparkbubbles]

Crazy 💀💀

[@ya_ya_ya.]

The chaos that it embodies LMAO

[@fsuberca]

Now that some way to get ppl to practice

[@jameshutchings2683]

😂

[@ellebmusic3381]

this is so intresting and funny I played it over and over! so monavating!

[@vanessachromik3879]

Oh hell yes I'm so excited! I'm just about to learn vibrato in my lessons, so this video will give me a huge boost to improving faster 😄

[@owengraham7753]

Me too

[@astrarius]

Ty so much !!! I love how you revised your content and make it even better! I just started learning as an adult!

[@SKo-p7m]

There is no such this as the best vibrato. Vibrato is a reflection of your soul and taste. How efficiently connected the fingers of the violinist to his soul is a different story. This is not just about tecnique, but about a given or not given talent.

[@MariaHagiwara]

That was good vibes. You made it entertaining and definitely educating. Thanks. 😃

[@lauramunos4951]

Definitely will help me improve my vibrato! Thank you Ray for your time! ❤

[@PhilmarRebellion-v2l]

Thank you I know to vibrato thank you very much 🥰🥰

[@ruggledug]

Thanks for explaining this and making it fun as well!

[@sofiarahman7441]

please keep uploading such tutorial videos💕💕

[@evaschrotterova8220]

i looked it up because i play the swan and then you played it that was a magical moment

[@classicfan1014]

I loved this. So clear Ray. Just what I needed to motivate me to get on with vibrato

[@AlexGrom]

I am going to bring this to my cello teacher, lets see if it is applicable to cello too

[@joselevicanasenjo2171]

Ray, i love your playing. Thanks for the valuable lesson. I am new to the vioin. I have a question, does David Garreth use some external effect in his playing? his vibrato sounds out of this world

[@yamunadevi68]

I don’t even play a violin but love your teaching style 😊

[@wrlxrelaxradio]

Very nice tutorial! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

[@mikemeansbizness]

Ray you a lil freak with that title 😂

[@jameschristiansson3137]

Ray did a fly check before going on stage with Elim Chan at the LA Phil. She didn't have a fly. Ray's sense of humor is weird.

[@mikemeansbizness]

​@@jameschristiansson3137yeah it's very quirky but he's awesome! Made me want to practice violin again while in school

[@nomadiccleric5672]

The title? You mean the entire vid 😂

[@mariaefigeniaguerrero2761]

Aquí desde Venezuela aprediendo de Ray. Me encanta el video

[@dennismeehan11]

Very helpful Ray as always. I think the beauty of vibrato is that it also puts you in a very flexible position where you can land on the right spot of the string to get the best intonation of the note which then becomes enhanced by the additional vibrato added.

[@kinziehunter]

Thanks!

[@annecooksey9426]

Great video…super helpful! 🎉

[@MsCellobass]

😂😂Too funny 😂 SIDES HURT! I’m a cellist so even though it would be unrelated to us still this is a hilarious video! Kudos❤

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Everything about violin is so difficult and I’m well versed in my musical ability after 35 years of playing many instruments! Violin is it’s own precious little bastard! Aside from the crazy intonation, posturing properly when I attempt vibrato the bow jumps like crazy! No matter what I try I cannot stop the bow bounce:((((

[@fedegroxo]

Glory is for the few with the violin!