[Vibrato Guitar Lesson] 10-Step How To Guide

[@fernandobujan2478]

Do you have (or can you make) a video explaining how to hold the pick properly? The way you do it, exactly? Thanx!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Ok, if enough people like this comment and there is demand for it - I will :)

[@kwote]

No one teaches guitar more thoroughly and accurately than Tom Hess. Vibrato is the most emotionally powerful thing you can do on guitar, so pay attention to Tom Hess’ lesson and implement. Totally worth it!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Kwote! :)

[@danweiler4293]

Vibrato is one of the most important pieces in soloing and improvising and this video explains it well.

[@mikephilippov8735]

Tom Hess is a huge influence on my vibrato. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@biscuit3111]

Wow, this guy has an awesome vibrato. It adds so much feeling to your playing. Thank you for the lesson.

[@dhaneshs131]

The Best lesson on Vibrato...Thank you Tom Hess... my vibrato has improved massively learning with you over the years... My favorite step is Making Musical choices with Vibrato...

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure, Dhanesh :)

[@لالهوةإلالهوتي]

Why did it take so long to find this channel! Great teaching!

[@sittichoke5475]

Thanks! Only one professor that explain about right hand position, my problem solved .

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure, Sittichoke! :) Glad it helped!

[@vivasevich1793]

Impressive lesson! I have watched almost 15 vibrato video lessons and nothing is compared to this. Thank you very much!

[@pheldge8806]

Great lesson, thx again Tom Hess ! I acquired a crappy vibrato, watching videos that didn't go that far in the details. Now I see it, and with some work hope I can improve. I admire your "scientific", rational approach.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

You are welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@kennethochoa7550]

i'm new to the string bend and this lesson was a treasure especially the muting of the picking hand and the intonation practice i just got my super slinky's from chicago to put on my broadway harmony thanks again guy

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

You are welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@michaeldavid1198]

Great video, Tom! Thanks for the articulate and comprehensive lesson!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure, Michael! :)

[@charlesdavis7725]

All of them were very useful

[@Eskil.]

Thank you for the lesson! Was a good review for me and I found it very helpful how you laid out the steps as well as how to practice them.

[@JohanTillgren]

Great video and explanation! Vibrato is such a powerful way to add beauty to guitar solos.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Johan! And yes, it is.

[@wolbaimusiccollab]

Very good vibrato lesson and very well structured! I just like to add that also the vibrato depth (and not only the vibrato speed) is sometimes pretty crucial to the musical situation and the note you do the vibrato on. Otherwise it can sound out of tune. So a half step vibrato which isolated can sound pretty cool is not always the best choice.

[@c3vette47]

Damn. Your vibrato is Schenker (God-like) style. It's my favorite kind. So emotive. I would love to train under you.

[@usertube140]

The definitive vibrato tutorial. I challenge anyone to find a better one.

[@Deennissee]

Very informative and easy to understand tutorial on vibrato. Thank you, Tom Hess!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

You're welcome Dennis. :)

[@f0reverm0r]

Excellent lesson!!! Thank you!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Mo! :) My pleasure.

[@bigdaddygranpa5578]

Best Vibration training ever ! I didn't realize how flat my vibrato was ... thanks

[@carlcollins8413]

Outstanding Lesson! cleared up a lot of questions.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Carl, glad it was helpful!

[@JasonKing1970]

Thanks Tom

[@A20Y11]

A great vibrato can add soooo much to one's playing, probably more than any other technique....

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Yes it does!

[@jacebastian7192]

One of the hands-down, most important elements of guitar phrasing is vibrato. If you want to be able to play as expressively as you can, you must know how to make your guitar 'sing.' Vibrato helps you do that. Thanks for the lesson on how to play better vibrato!

[@andrewb3096]

Excellent lesson. Liked and shared Tom Hess

[@dianetaylor2770]

Tom would you please comment on how tight or loose the finger (and hand) should be when trying to vibrato. Not much info is out there on this. You make it look effortless without much tension in the finger conducting the vibrato. For me it is much effort in trying to vibrato. Thanks!!

[@devlimbu4151]

Very helpful lesson sir . Sir can you tell me what string gauge do you use ?

[@nyogsothepwar1767]

Thanks man

[@kinglakaka]

Thank you very much, sir!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure, Akmal!

[@filipenevesgtr]

My vibrato is shit thanks for helping me to fix that problem

[@kamakshsharma983]

thank you so much for the lesson... i had a concern my natural tendency to vibrato is bending the string upwards rather than downwards this is how i have developed my vibrato over 10 years and i have good control at it i am completely self taught so i just wanted ask is there anything wrong with how i do it and wether or not i should learn doing vibrato downwards...once again thankyou so much youre lessons have really added to my playing

[@robertdavisc5498]

Thank you, Mr. Hess.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure, Robert :)

[@parsacoder1541]

you're awesome Tom, believe me 😍😍😍😍tnx

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Parsa!

[@DrEdwardGiaquinto]

Tom can you comment on how tight or loose the finger conducting the vibrato should be. I find my finger and hand is tense to try and make it happen. You look effortless. Thank you!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Vibrato uses more tension than playing regular notes for sure. That said, the more experienced you become, the better you get at controlling tension in the rest of your body (while your finger is doing vibrato) and the faster you relax the tension in your fretting hand after you apply vibrato. See this: tomhess.net/Make-Your-Guitar-Playing-Feel-Easy

[@vjevicki]

Great job, man! Thank you!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

My pleasure :)

[@Kalsten]

Very cool video. I need to work a lot on my vibratos. The only thing I am missing in the video is how to make vibrato in more than one string at a time. I feel like I can handle one string, but vibrato in power chords seems too difficult. By the way, another idea for a similar 10-step video: bending. That would be super cool.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Watch this video on power chord vibrato: tomhess.net/Power-Chord-Vibrato

[@timminstraprs2169]

Started learning the comfortably numb solo, lesson couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. 👍✌️❤️🇨🇦🤘

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

:) Glad I could help!

[@buddhikaroxz]

Thank you ❤

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

You're welcome 😊

[@freescheme]

One thing I don't quite understand about the fretting hand: in order to do the fulcrum, your hand needs to be placed a little bit further down the neck than I'm used (maybe a fret or two towards the nut). Typically I play with the base of my hand right under the frets I'm playing, like you would for a bar chord so that your index finger is straight. So, should I transition to the "fulcrum position" for most of my lead playing and then transition to a "straight position" when it's necessary for chords, or do I just get into the fulcrum position when I'm about to do vibrato? Thanks.

[@rpbale]

Love the video. So important to hear these 10 techniques. Is there a trick to perfecting circular vibrato? I see this with Steve Vai and Andy Timmons' playing and it seems so right for the context at the time. Sometimes I need something more subtle too and circular does it. But it feels clunky because my normal vibrato's straight line bend path.

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

I don't do circular vibrato. If I want a softer sound, I simply do a slower and more narrow regular vibrato (the style I showed in this video).

[@tengotsertsvadze8231]

please, tom. do a lesson about muting like that articulated, what i am talking about is that when I play any kind of lick fast halfway other string ring out, waiting forward

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Check this out: tomhess.net/HowToPlayRockSolidRhythmGuitar and also this: tomhess.net/UnwantedGuitarStringNoise.aspx

[@لالهوةإلالهوتي]

My fingers too long or guitar too narrow I can't get it to pivot the same way :-)

[@patrickthomas2977]

I know having the right technique is key but what gear you’re using to get that sound?

[@IanBundy_art10Zen]

Awesome..

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Thanks Ian, glad you like it! :)

[@stewmcleod7315]

Thanks

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

You're welcome Stew!

[@brayanhernandez1200]

Nice video, another good vídeo could be 'insane palm muting' i would like to go more than 180 bmp

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Check this out: tomhess.net/HowToPlayRockSolidRhythmGuitar (it's not about playing rhythm fast, but it is about having tighter palm muting control you ask about).

[@VinceJDII]

Bent note vibrato is really difficult to do right I have found. I have seen many instructors teach it as going up to the bent note and then going flat and back to the bent note. Although I know here its actually going up sharp, back down flat, back and forth. Controlling this and keeping it in tune evenly is tough!

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Yes, it's tough, but anyone can learn it (and do it well). It just takes practice and doing the things I say in the video :)

[@GinnitunesRI]

this has always been an issue ! Key for me has been starting slowww. Sometimes my mind wants to go warp speed and get that zakk wylde style, my hand says ya no , happening, not gonna! I think for me it means fretting hand strength needs to be much more stronger id much rather have damn near perfect and tasteful vibrato than shred speed . Still a work in progress

[@tomhessmusiccorp]

Correct. Learn the motions (and the sound) slowly first. Then speed it up.

[@zebraoctobra94]

I am really struggling....I can create vibrato with my fingers...but when it comes to using the whole arm/wrist/anchoring thing I'm like a fish out of water. :(

[@superrookie-1]

It's really the speed and depth that are hard to do consistently Also speeding up is really difficult & painful

[@fescoversongchannel230]

Thank you master!