Violin Techniques: Developing Vibrato

Video Transcript

"So in the Galamian style of playing we're looking at vibrato. Earlier we learned the three different types of vibrato: the hand vibrato, finger vibrato, and arm vibrato. Galamian himself really stressed more of a hand vibrato. You really didn't see a lot of arm vibrato. Again it goes back to kind of what you feel comfortable playing, the style in which you feel comfortable playing, and you'll find that some teachers will stress a more arm vibrato, a wider vibrato, or a finger vibrato, but in looking specifically at Galamian and his overall technique of playing the violin you're really concentrating on more of a hand vibrato. Which also kind of encompasses a finger vibrato as well, you are moving your fingers, but you're not moving your arm as much. So you don't usually practice more of an arm vibrato. His idea was that vibrato should add to the piece, but it shouldn't take away from the piece. It shouldn't be distracting. So usually hand vibrato is used."