“Check the direction of the vibrato. Elongate the first finger and stroke the side of the violin neck. Move down to 1st position and knock …read more
Arm Vibrato
Flexible Nail Joint
Develop the downward impulse of the arm vibrato. When the nail joint is flexible the downward vibrato action elongates the finger before bouncing b… New …read more
Free the Upper Arm
We need to develop a variety of vibrato actions, as can be seen by viewing some of the high quality violin-playing on YouTube. In any …read more
Arm & Hand Vibrato Combined
Here you see Fintan start each note with an arm vibrato and add a little hand action. This aids the subtle diminuendo at the end …read more