String Tech Tips - Vibrato Resources Crazy Fox’s Vibrato Primer 1. No Instrument Strokes 2. Finger rhythms (tapping with thumb on joint) 3. Polishing string (large area to small area) 4. Finger or Arm Wobble Experimentation (best in upper positions first) 5. Wobble Workout (2 half notes per bow then repeat, 4 quarter notes, 8 eighth notes, 16 sixteenths, etc.) #1 Helpful Hints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwqzXx1DWAc #2 Helpful Hints http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/09.html #3 Helpful Hints http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/02.html VIOLIN/VIOLA Polishing the String http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/04.html CELLO Polishing the String http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/06.html BASS Polishing the String #4 & #5 Helpful Hints http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/03.html VIOLIN/VIOLA Finger Wobble http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/05.html CELLO Arm Wobble http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/07.html BASS Vibrato Examples http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/lhvib/08.html VIOLIN/VIOLA More helpful tips General guides and other information http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2NLoLNecgI&feature=relmfu VIOIN/VIOLA Hand vibrato http://www.ehow.com/video_4952773_violin-finger-vibrato-exercises.html finger vibrato http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080721123920AAtNmJd (third position finger rocking) http://www.videojug.com/film/vibrato-exercise-on-the-violin-sound-waves (arm vibrato on violin?) http://www.theviolinsite.com/vibrato.html (finger knuckle collapsing?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLxe9ArKvLQ (violin or vibrato hand and wrist position) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7emuiZn4Fog (cello vibrato in lower positions) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN6vkDp-L9E&feature=related (for cello and bass – strange title) http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=87 (bass vibrato advice from Gary Karr) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IedHYS70-Po (two motions for cello players including polishing) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_yJ1Fa1ly4&feature=related (cello vibrato consistency) http://www.violinlab.com/videoLibrary/lesson.php?id=5 (kinds of violin/viola vibrato) .