Vibrato
Has anyone ever said to you the word vibrato? Ever wonder what it is, or, more likely, how to do it better?
Vibrato is that slight variation in pitch about a note that singers often make. If you can’t remember hearing vibrato, think of a violinist. Notice that when the violinist wiggles the hand she shortens the strings with, the pitch of the string wiggles as well. It’s a pleasing effect. Singers do the same thing with our voices. Think of a phat opera soprano singing Wagner, complete with body armor and horns coming out of her head. When she sustains a note, does she stay exactly at that note? No. She wiggles about that note. That wiggle is called vibrato.
Many singers have difficulty adding vibrato to their singing. If you cannot add vibrato to your singing to your liking, or cannot do vibrato at all, you need Brett’s Mastering Vibrato program. Click here to order.
Notice that the program’s name is Mastering Vibrato. Even if you have a basic control of vibrato, you should still consider trying the Mastering Vibrato program. As a mature singer, you should be able to vary the speed of your vibrato from none at all, to very slow, medium, fast, and very fast. You should be able to vary the amplitude of your vibrato from very small to medium to very wide.
When I’m listening to someone who doesn’t have a good handle on vibrato, the vibrato is usually too fast for my liking, or too wide. How fast is too fast? Josh Groban’s vibrato is about the fastest vibrato that I like. If you can make vibrato, but it is always faster than Josh Groban’s, use Mastering Vibrato to learn to control that vibrato. Click here to use Mastering Vibrato to wiggle your way to vibrato freedom.