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Old 06-19-2023, 07:44 PM
Gordon Currie Gordon Currie is offline
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Originally Posted by Merlemantel View Post
Vibrato musically placed adds a lot to musical expression. I have been watching a lot of videos to see how people use vibrato. I am curious about the moving the guitar back and forth method. I see great players do this, usually at the end of phrases. I assume it works because it changes the distance between the guitar and the listener's ears, sorta compressing and elongating wave lengths. Does anyone have anything to add? I am curious to know more.
The moving of the guitar to and fro actually can produce BOTH vibrato (pitch change) AND tremelo (volume change).

I've used this to get a touch of tremelo at the end of a song, while I'll use my fingers to get the vibrato (as it's more easily controlled).
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