How to add vibrato to your guitar playing

Vibrato is a small variation in pitch, that lends additional depth and sustain to the note being played. Vibrato gives a more “vocal” sound to guitar playing. Your use of vibrato when you play the guitar gives your music your individual “trademark”.
Here’s an entry on the use of vibrato in blues music on Blues And Rock Guitar
“Vibrato in blues guitar playing developed as a means to recreate the sound of a blues singer’s voice. With a bottleneck this was achieved by rapidly sliding the glass side back and forth over the desired fret to create a series of notes that were centered in the target pitch but incorporated notes that were slightly lower and higher in pitch. This gives the notes a vocal quality that mimics the imperfections in the human voice. Non-slide acoustic and electric players also sought to capture the depth of emotion in the human voice. Without a slide they utilized a small bending motion in rapid sucession. Vibrato was achieved by use the fingers or wrist or a combination of both.”
http://bluesrockguitar.blogspot.com/2007/02/vibrato-and-its-role-in-blues-guitar.html

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!