is it supposed to be done with stomach or lips?...i have always done it with my stomache (perhaps the wrong way) but today I was practicing and noticed I was doing it with my lips (perhaps the wrong way as well)... or does it really matter? :/
{sorry if it is a stupid question}
vibrato
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Twilight91
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Vibrato is caused by a contraction of the diaphram. So, to answer your question, neither the stomach nor lips produce this effect. It came naturally to me, as it probably did to you, also, but my thought is that there are different ways for each person to do this depending on how you learned to do it.
*What the heart makes cloudy, the head makes very clear.*
Vibrato is not actually produced by the diaphram, since it is an involuntary muscle, but by a combination of the abdominal muscles and the throat (and whatever is in between.) It's best not to use your jaw or face to produce vibrato as this will destabilize the flute. Vibrato should include significant fluctuation in pitch, so to find which muscles you need to use, try to bend the pitch of a note up and down without rolling in or out (instead use "swells" of air.)
It is important to listen to flutists with good vibrato, and to watch them as the play if possible.
Flutists have many different ideas about where and how vibrato is created, but I think everyone agrees that having a good "model" to listen to is important. Many flutists learn vibrato by imitation without any need to learn which specific muscles are used.
It is important to listen to flutists with good vibrato, and to watch them as the play if possible.
Flutists have many different ideas about where and how vibrato is created, but I think everyone agrees that having a good "model" to listen to is important. Many flutists learn vibrato by imitation without any need to learn which specific muscles are used.
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flutepicc06
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Dead on, Ick27. If you'd like to hear some good examples of vibrato through different eras, check John Wion's site. It has a very interesting section on vibrato. You might also want to search back through some of the past post on vibrato (there are MANY of them).ick27 wrote:Vibrato is not actually produced by the diaphram, since it is an involuntary muscle, but by a combination of the abdominal muscles and the throat (and whatever is in between.) It's best not to use your jaw or face to produce vibrato as this will destabilize the flute. Vibrato should include significant fluctuation in pitch, so to find which muscles you need to use, try to bend the pitch of a note up and down without rolling in or out (instead use "swells" of air.)
It is important to listen to flutists with good vibrato, and to watch them as the play if possible.
Flutists have many different ideas about where and how vibrato is created, but I think everyone agrees that having a good "model" to listen to is important. Many flutists learn vibrato by imitation without any need to learn which specific muscles are used.
John Wion's vibrato page is really interesting. Thanks for the reference Flutepic06.
I'm one of those who just picked up vibrato on my own probably because I sing with vibrato as well. On flute it was a bit too wide and dramatic sounding though. My teacher helped me narrow it a bit (was too dramatic) by learning how to control the "height" using my throat--without straining of course.
I'm one of those who just picked up vibrato on my own probably because I sing with vibrato as well. On flute it was a bit too wide and dramatic sounding though. My teacher helped me narrow it a bit (was too dramatic) by learning how to control the "height" using my throat--without straining of course.