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Originally Posted by The Bard Rocks
Curious - why not? I regularly do it with with my guitar.
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Vibrato on a fretless instrument is accomplished by moving the point where the string contacts the fingerboard, subtly altering the pitch
above and
below the main note. On a fretted instrument the string can only make contact on a fret. Many guitar players (myself included) make a vibrato motion with the left hand when playing a sustained note. If you end up bending the string side-to-side you may alter the pitch. Likewise if you have light strings and high frets such that you can still raise the pitch after the string contacts the fret by mashing the string all the way into the fretboard (stretching the string similar to a bend). In both of these examples you're only able to alter the pitch
above then back
to the base note, not
above and
below.