How To Stop Shaking When Doing Violin Vibrato
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I got vibrato in 21 days! I practiced very diligently and did it in front of a mirror to make sure my wrist and fingers were flexible and in the correct positions.
That gives me hope! Thank you!
not bad for a mere pigeon
Hey Alison, in one of your other videos on vibrato you really admonished is to not give up, because it WILL kick-in and then we’ve got it forever. I believed you, kept the faith and now at 56, I’ve finally got vibrato!!! I was 54 when I started on-line violin lessons and YES!!! You were SO right. It started to happen in waves. And now I’ve got more control and almost no shaking. Thank you for your wonderful videos. What an amazing time we live in that I can learn things now in my 50’s that I couldn’t afford when I was younger. I’m having a blast, and I’m not in any kind of rush. I take my time & regularly take 5 to shake out any tension. Thanks again!!!
Thats great news! Practise and perseverance always wins out in the end... Well done :)
That’s awesome!
This video made me realize that my hand left hand placement has been wrong for all these years...Thank you so much!
Alison, I was having a heck of a time trying to learn vibrato until I realized that my violin arm was positioned away from my body. When I moved my arm more under the violin, the hand and fingers were in perfect position to roll my fingers. Just something I noticed and it worked for me.
Thank you so much for this video. I played as a kid from grades 3-9, but stopped after that. I never had private lessons so I was never really stellar at it, but I loved it so much. In high school I realized how far behind I was without those private lessons and since I knew lessons wouldn’t be possible I chose a different direction, sadly. I never lost my love for music and I’m glad to say that I recently picked up the violin after 23 years. I’ve been rusty, for sure, but at least I’m playing. Mastering vibrato has been high on my priority list and the shaking was really discouraging. Thank you for your advice. I know my issue is tension and quite possibly the index finger is touching the fingerboard so I’ll focus my attention on that. Thank you so very much for your help.
1. Make sure only your finger is touching the violin (not sides of finger on violin’s neck)
2. Hold violin correctly, make sure it is secure so you’re can hold it up with your neck (use shoulder rest??)
3. Stiffness and over gripping of left hand causes problems. Just roll finger for wrist vibrato.
4. Don’t over tighten collarbone and jaw when holding violin.
5. Try taking thumb away from left hand when doing vibrato. (Use weight of hand)
6. Practice and experiment by putting violin against wall (or someone holding) and discover what movement you need for vibrato.
7. Movement comes from wrist, keep it flexible. But don’t center movement from wrist (rolling finger).
8. Relax and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!
Great advice! And instructions. It's gonna take about a year like you said. Trying not to develop any bad habits along the way. THANKS!
Thank you a million times! This video has solved several problems for me! First, I have been working on vibrato for months and had gotten a little bit, but my movement was still so small and tense. Second, I am a violin clincher. I have always known this and have mentioned this to teachers/violinists and they never corrected me on my violin hold. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't relax my hand. But, you demonstrated exactly how I hold the violin (about 2:30) and what was wrong with it. So, I still have to build this into a new habit, but I have worked for the past hour or so on changing that and it is like a miracle! My hand is relaxed and my vibrato comes just like I have wanted! My movement is so full and the vibrato so evident now. The relax in my fingers also gets a better sound from my violin. It is amazing how moving my hand away from the violin a bit changes my hold and loosens everything up. Thank you so very much for the help!
you weren't kidding when you said it can take months. some practice sessions I cant get it at all, some sessions I get it really good, but tension always creeps back into my hand, especially when trying to vibrate on the G and D strings. thanks for the tips!
I learned how to do vibrato by practicing every week when i have time and when i bought a shoulder rest i can easily do vibrato without shaking, This is really helpful, Thank you!
How did you practise and how did you know the difference between the wrong technique and just struggling because it’s early in the game?
The solid body electric violin in the background lends confidence to your open-mindedness (somewhat a rarity in violin teachers.)
Agreed. I like to do and try everything before I open my mouth and comment on it! Nothing worse than a music teaching commenting on things they know nothing about or have not even tried before!
This video addressed everything I've been doing wrong while attempting vibrato. Thank you so much, I've already improved a bit within an hour of practicing your advice. As a self-learner, I didn't even realize my fingers were so pressed up against the neck!
This was extremely helpful! I am resting my index finger on the neck when trying to do vibrato and now I can’t wait to try it, thank you.
Always enjoy your videos. Informative, straight forward and well-thought.
By the 6.40 mark I did my first vibrato; right after you said, you might be holding the violin too tightly with your left hand. I had a death grip on it. Relaxed... Vibrato happened! Very happy and thanks for great tuition.
This is so helpful! I have always had a problem with shaking my violin with vibrato, and your solutions are very helpful. :)
Thanks for doing this beautiful. You have helped me tremendously in many violin departments. All the best.
Thank you for posting this! I have been looking for a video on how to do Vibrato but haven't able to find that works for me.
Excellent, very helpful. However my teacher for some reason taught me arm vibrato. A little more difficult in the lower positions but with time and dedication I got it
The wall tactic works! It took about 1 month and the penny dropped, I'm so happy :DDDDDDD!!!!
Hey Alison (tutor)! I love the way u teach! It's really inspiring and very descriptive! Gives a bang on understanding!
U seem to be a very sweet and down to earth person.. I respect that 😊
PS- I'm still on lessons 7-8.. trying to learn and practice vibrato from now!
Thank you so much!
Excellent slow motion I got it! Now to practice this! Thank you Professor
Yours must be one of the most enlightening videos on the subject of vibrato. Many thanks.
I've been playing for 2 months and I can already do vibrato because of this video. And my teqcher wantsnme to play at their wedding.
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Tnx... Actually the first one you mentioned is really my problem because I thought that it is wrong when you put your thumb below the neck. Now I am able to do vibrato without shaking it
Alison always really wonderful. You are amazing.
Allison thank you so much. Your videos have been a huge help and encouragement to me.
Thank you so much, it really help me to understand vibrato
Thank you so much! This helped me very much, i now realise that my index finger was touching the violin when i was trying vibrato for the other fingers causing the violin to shake!!! :)
thanks Alison. because of this video, I learned and I can do vibrato now! :D
I'm so jealous. Good for you!
This sure helps me a lot! I hope you can also teach us how to play an octave higher because thats what our director encourage us to practice...
Thanks a lot! This literally helped me to understand what caused the shaking! Can't believe I am seeing this after all these years.
Oh my goodness thank you so much that first cause is exactly the reason why my shaking was happening!
some of the absolute best advise I've heard!!!
Thank you for your valuable vibrato tips.
Thank you for your great ideas, analysis and practice tips in 11 minutes. One of the best videos I've seen to improve vibrato plus you are realistic about being patient over the time it takes to develop muscle memory. Thanks!
Excellent presentation! Your videos have been so helpful! I appreciated your approach! Thank You!
Thank you for describing the movement of it! I've been trying to figure this out for almost a year!!
Very helpful video when I relaxed the violin stopped shaking with me. I was putting way to much pressure and force than what was needed and pulling the violin away from my neck. This helped a bunch ty. Also your videos are extremely helpful I live in a town without any type of violin teacher or tutor so I have to rely on youtube and all the books on amazon. Started watching your videos the day I bought my violin and now can play most basic to intermediate pieces.
God bless you. take care dear. Thank you.
I play the viola but this helped me SO much(now its time to master it)
Thanks for the tips! I've started practicing vibrato without having my thumb touch the neck of the violin to start out. You helped me totally realize that when my fingers touched the neck that the violin would shake! I had no idea that was the cause.. I am actually starting to hear some vibrato from the technique you explained, but it makes me have to push my chin down harder on the chin rest to keep the violin up, and i feel lots of tension in my left arm when I play with my thumb not touching the neck of the violin. Like you explained, that's a problem too. What do you think I could be doing wrong? Do you think I need to adjust my shoulder rest? Whenever i play the violin at all, i have to keep my chin pressed down to keep the violin straight and from slumping down. Could I be pressing my finger on the fingerboard too hard?
It might be the shoulder rest. A lot of cheap rests are too low and therefore cause to much pressure on the chin and shoulder. You also may be attempting vibrato too soon? Or generally gripping too much.
The Online Piano and Violin Tutor Oh ok, I use an Everest should rest. Thanks!
The neck of my fiddle would shake occasionally because the lower-joint of my my left thumb has a decades-old injury. But I wont let it hamper my desire to learn. Thanks so much for all your content.
Thanks A MILLION for this. You're amazing|
A bit of a silly question. I've been playing for a little over 4 years, and I still haven't learned vibrato. My teacher won't teach us vibrato until next year, and I think that's a bit too long. Should I wait until he teaches us vibrato, or should I try it on my own?
+Ami Chan Personally if you were my student, I would have started you on it by now, but since you have a teacher, I would go with their suggestion as it would be unprofessional of me to give you advice when you have a teacher you should ask.
Diana B.
Stupid teacher
Just try byself, it's a basics of all
Could you name the shoulder rest you had in the video again? Thank you for this video.
Marco Arreola Its a wolf shoulder rest.
million thanks for this video! my vibrato is approving a lot with this great tips!
The more I practice this, the harder it seems to not touch the neck of the violin with my hand at all. :/ Even when supporting it firmly with my shoulder, it doesn't seem possible to touch it with only the tip of the finger doing the vibrato and the thumb. D:
Ashley Miller Everyone does vibrato differently. Do whats comfortable for you, whilst not compromising on technique.
literally the very firdt point u made helped me perfecr my vibrato ur a lifesaver
Im so confused I tried the first solution but it didn't work. The other solutions don't apply to me but I tried vibrato with the contact of my first finger on the fingerboard and my violin didn't shake at all. I just dont want to be using the wrong techniques. Ive been playing for 7 years and im just trying to stop any bad habits because my teacher never really did anything to point them out. Heck I only figured out the meaning of a sharp and a flat were. beforeI was just playing by ear.
I think you need to have a quiet word with your teacher - or get a new teacher!!
The Online Piano and Violin Tutor yep I figured. Thanks for quick reply.
Omg yes I acually really needed this thank you sooo much
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I noticed my index finger touches the neck when I try to vibrato on G maybe due to length of my fingers
I have the same problem...vibrato works ok on all strings except G
@@mariedenivelle8248 move your elbow outwards towards where you're facing. Don't keep it there for the entirety of your session, just when you play on the G. Goodluck!
Are you resting the neck on your thumb as per the video? If I do this the violin becomes unplayable. My best vibrato comes from when I rest the violin on my wrist as it provides a nice stable platform for vibrato to be played in the same fashion as what's being showed here funnily enough. According to some this is sacrilegious, but for me it results in easier and better playing.
Can you play a piece of music that includos vibrato? I just cannot understand how you play with the neck resting in your thumb.
Really help me out, thanks a lot.
Great! Thats my work for tomorrow. Im sure my problem is one of these.
Hi Alison. I love your videos I play the violin and stay all the way in South Africa. I would just like to find out if you can post a few videos for the advanced students but all in all this is awesome.
Very Helpful. Good vibrato is difficult to teach to students.
Omg I love you!!! Finally got it! Yay! 😁
sweet! thank you for the info!
Scary, scary violin. That shaking all the time...
you are great i will always recommend you your vibrto is easy and splended
Great advice, Allison. By they way, what is that beautiful electric violin in the background?
www.bridgeviolins.co.uk/product-page/aquila-dragon
I still can't stop shaking... But I will practice harder 😁
Thanks for this video. At first I thought my shaking problem was just my bow not being steady enough but then I realized that it was my vibrato. I’m having more trouble with shaking while I’m playing in higher positions (3rd, 4th, etc.) and with my 4th finger. Any tips???
Beautiful teacher
Very encouraging. Thank you so much.
Hi Allison,
Just wanted to say hey since I haven't commented in awhile, and thanks for this very helpful video! I hope you have a lovely holiday. :)
Ashley Miller welcome
I love your videos!
It took me perhaps 1 or 2 months to start vibrato. U should mention the importance of placement of thumb. If we keep thumb right under the vibrato finger the violin will shake; so thumb should always be behind d fingers; not at same place or forward.
Excellent advise, thank you!
Hello dear Alison, I got my violin 2 weeks ago and have been following your videos since then... I started to train for vibrato but since yesterday my fingers in the left hand started to hurt a lot, specially in the joints... Is that normal at the beginning or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for all your help! xx
Possibly - its hard to say as I cant see what you are doing. You might get a little ache from doing something you have not done before, but if its bad, then i can only say visit a doctor. Im not a doctor so I wouldnt like to advise you wrongly.
I defiantly wouldn't start learning vibrato until I'm comfortable with the violin :)
Very helpful
Another amazing lesson. Thank you! :)
Ok, thank you for repsonding : )
Thank you so much for making this video!! It really helped me! By the way is it too soon for me to do vibrato?? I haven't ended the violin book 2 yet... I just tried it once and it didn't sound so bad so I thought it maybe not soon, so when I practice the song in the violin book 2 ( I am practicing meadow ayre right now, I hope I spelled that right) I practice vibrato too.
Thanks for your help.
I would wait a little longer and really master the basisics before you apptmept vivbrato. its not about 'grasping' it, but more the time it takes to do this and time is something you cant buy or accelerate. You should be playing for a minimum of a year (not on or off, but a full year of constant playing).
@@TheOnlineViolinTutor I thought you'd say that😅 but just for saying it's been one whole year ( a year and a month actually) that I am playing the violin. But I guess I really need to master the basics first. Thanks anyways for all your help! ❤️❤️
If you rush, then you will only come unstuck later down the line.
@@TheOnlineViolinTutor exactly. Thank you so much for all your help and videos. I will try my best and not rush... I say that because I get super excited these times and I really feel like I want to do it😅 but I gotta go on with patience. Thank you so much for your help ❤️
I was playing a solo piece for my school orchestra teacher and one of his comments was that my violin was shaking while I was doing vibrato. It was something I had never thought about before. This video has helped me a lot and I am thinking about changing the way my left hand grips the violin, as I have always wrapped my thumb all the way around instead of placing it underneath (idk how to describe it). I’ve been practicing like that since I started playing (6 years I think) so it’s gonna be difficult but it’s worth a shot, right? I tried it out for a few minutes and immediately saw improvement, but it’s hard to keep my wrist in that position. I wonder if this is right or if what I was doing before was fine 😭
Edit: wait, I might be good. I’m gonna check with my private teacher when I see her again
Update: I think I did it, but I find it extremely hard to not touch the neck with my hand/fingers (keeping space between them and the neck) on the g string if that makes sense, and it’s still shaking a lot. Do you have any advice for the lower strings?
thanks, that was very helpful, cheers
You are the best ❤
Thanks for the video!
If vibrato is done with 3rd finger is it necessary to position the 1st and 2nd finger on the fingerboard or can it be free?
Syam Khosh no. You only need the finger in question on the fingerboard.
This helped, thank you!
If people are thinking violin vibrato is as easy as an electric guitar, then they'll be unhappy.
Also, playing any fretted instrument requires significant thumb counterbalance force.
Most guitar vibrato is 90 degrees opposite of a violin.
It's just a very difficult transition from a fretted instrument to a violin.
Great Alison. Given that we don't want one hold for general playing, and another hold for vibrato, do you mean that the index finger NOT touching the neck should be a position which is always held while playing, so one position hold only? Thank you.
You will have one hold for the violin whether you do or don’t do vibrato. This is why one doesn’t learn or attempt vibrato until a minimum of 1 year of playing.
Another great video with practical solutions. Thank you!
This helped a lot!
Thanks. What was the name of the lesson you mention something about mistakes made on vibrato. Thanks for lesson this morning.
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thank you so much👍
you need callouses and smooth finger tips. cause there is far too much friction on my finger tips and i just jab myself in the neck over and over again.
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Thanks for the video and not a fan of that shoulder rest; doesn't sit well!
What is that electric violin in the background? It looks so cool!
MLSxEazoon Its by a company in the UK called 'Bridge' and the model of my violin is a Dragon.
Would it be helpful to practice this in front of a mirror? That way, you could see what you may be doing wrong...
I really enjoyed this video, thanks a bunch!
Dave Grandel Yes, I used to practice all the time in front of a mirror!
How do I stop shaking? I simply place one hand over the center of my chest, take a nice deep breath, and I repeat the following: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!
Here's a compliment mam ,you look just like rose in the movie Titanic☺🥰
You‘re my favorite online violin teacher:)
I don’t do anything on this list could it be because I have scoliosis that my violin is shaking because my left shoulder is significantly higher than my right? Also I’ve been playing for 5 years so I think I have the basics down by now.
My violin teacher also told me to do the finger roll. I get it pretty we'll!