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1. Títol:
   Whole Arm Vibrato (Technique Guitar Lesson TE-110)
2. Descripció:

   In this guitar lesson we're going to check out 'whole arm vibrato' the style favored by Eric Clapton and many others.

   Find the related course notes on the following link:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoP37ge1rFU&feature=player_embedded

   Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

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   How you'all doing, Justin here.
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   In this lesson today we're checking
   out whole arm vibrato.
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   Now I'm going to be honest.
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   This is a type of vibrato that I ignored
   for probably fifteen years or more.
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   It was something that just didn't ever
   feel right to me when I tried to play it.
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   I think the reason it didn't feel right
   was cause I hadn't practiced it enough.
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   i had always done the traditional vibrato
   which is where you put a finger down to
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    use as a pivot point on the side of your
    hand like you were doing string bending.
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    And that's kind of the most common
    way of doing vibrato.
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    But I was seeing Eric Johnson and Eric
    Clapton doing this other vibrato and
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    it sounded different.
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    And I guess there must have been value in
    it if those guys were doing it that way
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    so I set about learning to do it. I did
    it by a lot of watching, really, to be
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    honest, and experimenting myself. I got
    some great advice from my buddy
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    Dario Cortese, which is watching videos of
    the guys that you like doing the technique
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    you want to learn, with the sound off
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    Because when the sound is on, our ears
    are really overtaking things a little bit
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    You concentrate on that a bit more.
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    But when you turn the sound off, you can
    get a good look at what they're doing.
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    That was really interesting for me to see.
    And it really is a whole arm vibrato.
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    The idea really is that with a traditional
    vibrato, you're gripping the neck
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    quite solidly and you're using a pivot
    point at the bottom of the neck, but
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    with this sort of vibrato, if we start off
    I'm putting my first finger in the eighth
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    fret of the second string.
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    When you play that note, you're actually
    pushing and pulling with your whole arm.
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    If I just turn sort of sideways so that
    you can see this part of my arm here
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    That's the motion. And what I found was
    that keeping your hands, not tense, not
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    angry tense, but locked into the same
    position so the fingers around the note
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    Also for some reason, poking the thumb up
    the back of the guitar neck is something
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    all of the greats do and it does seem to
    make it easier. I don't know why.
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    In theory it shouldn't matter really if
    you hang everything off, but when it's
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    in a line a bit, the thumb's up the top
    and the fingers are hanging down
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    it seems to make it a little easier. And
    it's definitely a nice vibrato, this type.
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    This one doesn't sound as natural to me
    now that I've been practicing this one.
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    It seems to sing a little more,
    or something.
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    And you also get this sort of,
    I'm not sure if it'll do it now.
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    There is this sort of scratchy thing
    that happens, like that.
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    So you can get this other type of
    scratchy thing that I don't really
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    understand either, to be completely
    honest, but I just wanted to explain
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    to you this idea. First finger, eighth
    fret, second string, making sure that
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    you get your thumb poking out
    the top of the guitar
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    The motion is very much up and down.
    If you'd try and do it side to side,
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    like that, it doesn't really do as much.
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    There is a very mild vibrato there, but it
    is not the type of vibrato that you want
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    if you are trying to copy the
    Eric Clapton style.
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    The first finger is quite locked. It is
    solidly in place.
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    Your hand is a little bit tense, not angry
    tense, but holding its shape.
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    And then just start by pulling up and down
    slowly with your arm.
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    Really slowly pushing down and then
    pushing up.
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    It almost feels like it's kind of bouncey
    
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    Just don't worry about the speed, just
    trying to get it kind of flowing and even.
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    I do find that mine still sometimes
    kind of goes from slow to fast
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    Particularly if I think about it too much.
    It's really a great one to practice.
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    First finger is definitely easiest, so. I
    recommend that you get that one down
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    first and when you're cool, you can have
    a go using the other fingers as well.
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    It does work. It just doesn't feel quite
    as comfortable for me.
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    And I do notice most of the guys who
    are doing it are using the first finger
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    most of the time. Not all of the time, but
    most of the time.
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    So just starting real slow. Remember
    it's the arm. That's the position of it.
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    Your whole arm is pushing down.
    Try it on different parts of the guitar.
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    Because it feels different. Like here,
    I end up doing little circles when I'm
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    more down this end, I think because my
    hand is further away from my body
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    It's a little bit more awkward to pull
    straight down. It's possible, but if feels
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    a lot more awkward than here where the
    whole weight of my arm is like doing a
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    bicep curl. It's a lot easier to get it
    nice that way.
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    It feels again different up at the top and
    there is another interesting thing that
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    happens as well, which is on
    the thinnest string.
    
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    If you just do it regular on the thinnest
    string, it just pulls the string off the
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    end. So when you do it on the thinnest
    string, you have to be thinking of
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    pushing it up a little bit more.
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    It's a great vibrato. It's got that
    Freddie King thing that seems to work
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    for that style of older blues as well.
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    It's a really interesting vibrato.
    It takes a bit of practice.
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    The other thing you want to be aware of is
    string noise. I'm doing some stuff here
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    with my pick hand, which I should
    explain. When I'm doing it on the second
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    string, this hand, my third finger
    is grabbing the thinnest string.
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    It's just touching the thinner string.
    And my pick is resting on the third string
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    Cuz if I take that hand away, you get all
    of these other notes ringing out.
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    The strings on either side because they're
    getting touched by the motion of your hand
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    You get all of that stuff. So you want ...
    nice clean notes. I'm just using the pick
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    on the third string and either my second
    or third finger on the thinnest string
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    To keep everything nice and quiet.
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    On the thinnest string, I'm using my pick
    and the edge of my thumb is resting on
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    all of the strings, really making sure
    that those other strings stay quiet.
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    Kind of an important part of this type of
    vibrato. It is important in the other
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    traditional style of vibrato as well but
    it's not as obviously bad.
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    So, I hope you have a bit of fun with the
    whole arm vibrato. I love it.
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    I think it's great and I wish that I had
    started practicing it 15 years ago instead
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    of a couple of years ago.
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    Have fun. Take care. I'll see you for
    another lesson very soon. Bye bye.