Time To Learn How To Play A Vibrato
Let’s face it. Lead guitar always sounds better with a great vibrato. A vibrato always adds emotion and a better guality and accuracy to the notes you are playing. The notes sound more in tune and express more emotion.
Name any great guitar player and you can bet they have a great vibrato. I love Ronnie Earl’s vibrato especially on bending notes up.
I remember when I first tried to learn how to play a vibrato. It was definitely not easy to learn. It took me some time. But once I got it down I knew I was a much better lead guitar player.
But the key to playing vibrato is having a good sense of pitch—especially when you are bending up to a higher note. It’s easy to miss the pitch and play it sharp or flat. So be sure to play along with a backing track so you can keep track of the pitch of the key you are in. Be particularly aware of playing sharp. You can get away with a flat note but sharp notes really sound bad.
Here’s a selection of videos from TrueFire to get you started.
