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kadleck · 02-03-2007, 11:38 PM

Hi MFHorn -

I would first urge you to pick and choose the correct spots for vibrato. I like it in certain instances and don't in others. Each era of big band music kind of has it's own style of vibrato, so I don't use the same kind everywhere.

I think that lip vibrato involves much more control than hand vibrato, so maybe hand vib. is a good place to start. If I'm playing music from (I'm approximating here) 1960-1990 I might use a med. slow vibrato only at the end of a note. 1940-1960 might call for a faster vibrato. For anything before 1940 I would probably play an even faster vib., and start it as soon as I hit the note. However, listening to different big bands will teach you more than I could ever dictate to you. For instance, Cat Anderson, Snooky Young, Conrad Gozzo, and Lin Biviano are all great lead players, yet have VERY different ways of playing vibrato. My advice is to listen and imitate. Start working on vibrato SLOWLY (like anything else). It's actually somewhat like doing a shake, just without changing the pitch.

Keep us posted.

02-03-2007, 11:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
kadleck Artist in Residence Piano User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: new york Posts: 492	Re: Pop/Rock trumpet sound Hi MFHorn - I would first urge you to pick and choose the correct spots for vibrato. I like it in certain instances and don't in others. Each era of big band music kind of has it's own style of vibrato, so I don't use the same kind everywhere. I think that lip vibrato involves much more control than hand vibrato, so maybe hand vib. is a good place to start. If I'm playing music from (I'm approximating here) 1960-1990 I might use a med. slow vibrato only at the end of a note. 1940-1960 might call for a faster vibrato. For anything before 1940 I would probably play an even faster vib., and start it as soon as I hit the note. However, listening to different big bands will teach you more than I could ever dictate to you. For instance, Cat Anderson, Snooky Young, Conrad Gozzo, and Lin Biviano are all great lead players, yet have VERY different ways of playing vibrato. My advice is to listen and imitate. Start working on vibrato SLOWLY (like anything else). It's actually somewhat like doing a shake, just without changing the pitch. Keep us posted.