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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.36,0:00:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, how you doing?\NJustin here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.94,0:00:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we're going to be \Ntalking about vibrato.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.71,0:00:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very common question\Nthis one. I see questions about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.47,0:00:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all the time on the forums \Nand in private lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.19,0:00:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people don't really\Nget how to do a vibrato,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.67,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the different types are \NSo there's three types
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one that we're looking \Nat today I call "hand vibrato"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.11,0:00:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the most common type of vibrato \Nthat you'll ever find and it's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.69,0:00:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely the one that I would \Nrecommend you get to grips with first
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.99,0:00:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other types are "classical vibrato"\Nwhere you tend to move your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.37,0:00:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left and right, side to side which \Nis less useful on electric guitar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.51,0:00:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible to use it but it's not \Nreally what you want to be checking out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.62,0:00:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for electric guitar and the \Nother one I call "whole arm vibrato"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.67,0:00:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the type of vibrato that few guys\Nuse like Eric Clapton and John Mayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.54,0:00:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the most common in blues \Nand rock but it's still definitely worth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.58,0:00:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,checking out so we're going \Nto do that in a separate lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.52,0:01:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the idea of vibrato, of course, is to \Nmake your guitar sound a little more vocal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.51,0:01:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really-really important that you get \Nto grips with the idea of that note
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.02,0:01:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving up and down in pitch If you \Njust play the note and you stay on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.02,0:01:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tends to sound a little bit flat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.14,0:01:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially where singers do that without \Nthe vibrato, it sounds really wonky.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.50,0:01:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's really important to realise \Nthat you got to get the note
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.38,0:01:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you want to be changing \Nthe pitch up and down a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.86,0:01:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now on guitar we can make it go \Nup and down with a whammy bar but
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.37,0:01:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the way the instrument is \Ndesigned we tend to just move the note up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.41,0:01:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now before I talk about that, \Nlet's get to a close up and check
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.22,0:01:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out the actual technique that \Nyou're going to need to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.38,0:01:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want you to start by putting your 3rd\Nfinger in the 7th fret of the 3rd string.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.78,0:01:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get the other 2 fingers behind it, \Njust on the 6th and 5th fret.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.63,0:01:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if they bunch up a little bit, \Nit doesn't really matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.03,0:01:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And make sure that your thumb \Nis over the top of the guitar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.89,0:01:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can do it without \Nthe thumb over the top but
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.03,0:01:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a lot easier to start \Nwith the thumb over.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.63,0:02:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if we just remove our fingers \Na little bit I want you to see that the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.62,0:02:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1st finger is in contact with the neck\Nbecause when we've got our fingers down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.62,0:02:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually the vibrato pivot point is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.57,0:02:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually our hand that's moving, \Nokay. So when we're playing a note
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.71,0:02:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll see there that it's \Nactually this motion, it's the hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.69,0:02:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm exaggerating it now so you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.48,0:02:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? It's not this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.44,0:02:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you try and do it with just your\Nfingers by pulling your fingers in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.83,0:02:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that you end up with \Nthis kind of quite odd vibrato
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.18,0:02:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and usually you'll bend it out of tune \Nas well because it's really important
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.20,0:02:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it comes back to the note \Nthat we call the "fundamental"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.94,0:02:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the first note
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.23,0:02:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thumb over the top, 3rd finger \Non the 7th fret of the 3rd string.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.36,0:02:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play the note
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.78,0:02:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just pull it down a bit\Nand then relax it again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.83,0:02:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play and see if you can get into \Na little pattern of doing that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, that's how you want \Nto practice the technique
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.95,0:03:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just pulling it up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.26,0:03:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what I tend to think about is \Nwhen I'm putting the string back up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.94,0:03:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of just going to \Nthe spot I'm looking for,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.11,0:03:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tend to try and think of\Nit going a little up as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.36,0:03:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm pulling it down and when \Nit's going back I'm trying to think
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.36,0:03:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it going slightly up, but if \Nyou imagine where the sting is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.98,0:03:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's pulling the string down \Nthat's pushing it up, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.77,0:03:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though we're mostly concentrating \Non pulling the strong down,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.42,0:03:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to really make sure that \NI come back to exactly that note.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.36,0:03:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause if you do the vibrato Like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.13,0:03:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the note that we hear is note in tune.\NThat's the note that's in tune
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.70,0:03:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to make sure that we \Nkeep coming back to that note.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.66,0:03:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just pulling it down
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.65,0:04:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See if we can get that going\Nnice and smoothly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.36,0:04:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said, I'm thinking about \Npushing it up a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.78,0:04:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's definitely more of a down thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.65,0:04:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like it's definitely moving further down.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.02,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important to realise that there's\N2 things that we've got to play with.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.73,0:04:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The depth which is how far\Nwe're bending it, okay? So:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.13,0:04:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have a really wide vibrato, like\Nthat which is a little bit exaggerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.81,0:04:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? Or it could be quite subtle. \NWhere it's hardly moving at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.74,0:04:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a little okay. Okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.14,0:04:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then of course we've got speed so the\Nwide one slowly will sound really weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.72,0:04:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? The little one slowly \Nwill sound quite nice. Okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.89,0:04:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've got those two different things.\NNormally the wide one would be quite fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.28,0:05:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise it just sounds \Nkind of wrong so you want to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.30,0:05:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiment a little bit with \Nall of those different things so
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.65,0:05:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just putting a finger on, see if \Nyou can get a nice small vibrato.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.12,0:05:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where it's not moving much. \NMaking sure again you're coming
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.70,0:05:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the note as if it's not \Nbeing pushed or pulled at all
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.90,0:05:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe trying to \Nmake it a little bit bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.61,0:05:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then back. Okay, then \Ntry it with different fingers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.66,0:05:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first finger's a good one as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.20,0:05:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause then you can really \Nfeel that kind of a pulling there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.78,0:05:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can really see while \NI've got my first finger straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.12,0:05:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bend it in and then by moving my hand \Nyou can see that it's making that motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.28,0:05:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then put it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.26,0:05:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get use to what it feels like. \NLittle, little motions. Big ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.52,0:06:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And experience. Get a feeling. \NHow does it makes you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.02,0:06:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel when you're doing \Nthat nice little subtle vibrato?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.22,0:06:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, try it on some \Nother parts of the neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.21,0:06:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little vibrato, quite wide vibrato. \NNow one thing that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.74,0:06:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to find straight\Naway on the first string
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.80,0:06:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't pull it down. So you have to be\Nthinking now of pushing it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.15,0:06:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so instead of all of that feeling \Nthat you had before pulling down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.42,0:06:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same things, \Nit's still the hand moving
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.31,0:06:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a bit more subtle. Try it all over \Nthe neck, with all the different fingers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.09,0:06:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't tend to use my little finger \Nmuch for vibrato, to tell the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.12,0:06:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you probably should be able to do it.\NOkay?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.52,0:06:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just going through a bunch of time. \NSometimes working on a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.83,0:07:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real slow nice vibrato, like you \Nmight play in a ballad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.72,0:07:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just thinking about something \Nreally beautiful and soft
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.67,0:07:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make the note sound really \Nnice and vocal and singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.33,0:07:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other times you might want to be doing:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.27,0:07:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something more aggressive \Nand fast and crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one's gone right out of \Ntune because I've gone too crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.12,0:07:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But experiment and see because there's a \Ntime and a place for every different type
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.19,0:07:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of vibrato and you want to learn how to \Nmake the guitar sound how you imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.37,0:07:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One last little tip for you before \Nyou start your practise, and that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.78,0:07:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be to emulate the vibrato \Nthat you really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.54,0:07:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of the guitar players - \NAngus Young springs to mind, very,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.70,0:08:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very distinctive type of vibrato and \Nif you really like that style of vibrato.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.25,0:08:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that you want to think about \Nis really trying to copy his vibrato.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.32,0:08:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe learn one of his \Nlicks that's got vibrato in it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.39,0:08:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then sit and try to make \Nyour playing sound exactly like his.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.87,0:08:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try and copy it. Listen to it closely. \NIs it very wide? Is it very fast?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.45,0:08:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it very narrow? Is it slow? \NReally try and pick up on what
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.12,0:08:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that he's doing and then try \Nand make your guitar sound like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.54,0:08:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to take you some practise, \Nbut it's totally worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.96,0:08:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you don't end up using \Nhis style of vibrato all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.44,0:08:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that you've learned \Nhow to copy it will mean that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.65,0:08:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're better able to express yourself \Nthrough the instrument. You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.87,0:08:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BB King another guy who's got a very\Ndistinctive vibrato and it's something-
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.60,0:08:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really, really, important to try and \Nemulate the stuff that you really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.13,0:08:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things that really connect with \Nyou on a kind of a spiritual level
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.60,0:08:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the stuff that you really want to \Ncopy and you want to try and really make-
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.05,0:08:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incorporate those things into your playing\Nbecause they obviously resonate with you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.61,0:09:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a kind of a deep way so try and copy\Nthe things that really move you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.62,0:09:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stuff that you really, really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.01,0:09:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hope that helps you get \Nyour vibrato on track and I'll
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.87,0:09:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see you for plenty more lessons very soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.12,0:09:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take care of yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.99,0:09:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bye