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  • November 28, 2005 at 4:26 am #22617
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    by Dirk Hagemann
    http://www.blueslessons.net

    The Vibrato is the characteristic of B.B. King sound. With a Vibrato you
    can let your guitar sing. And it’s quite simple:

    The movement of the Vibrato comes from the wrist. Hit the string and
    move your wrist smoothly up and down, so that your finger on the
    string produces a warm vibrato. The faster the movement of your wrist
    is, the better or longer is the sound of the Vibrato.

    The secret of the B.B. King Vibrato is, that the only part of his hand
    that touches the guitar, is the fingertip on the string. So he can really
    shake his wrist to get his great vibrato tone!

    In tabfiles you see a Vibrato written like this ~~~

    So, let s practise this:

    Vibrato Exercise (all licks are in the key of A)

    
Exercise 1                                                            
E||--------7~---------7b---|--5~--------------------|------|
B||--5--7----------x-------|-------8--5-------------|------|
G||-------------x----------|-------------7p-5-------|------|
D||------------------------|-------------------7~---|------|
A||------------------------|------------------------|------|
E||------------------------|------------------------|------|


Exercise 2                                                                              
-------------------------|--5--------8------------|--5-----5--8b-5-----10~---|
-----5h-7----10~---8p-5--|-----8--5-----10~-------|-----7-----------7--------|
--7b---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|


Exercise 3                                                  
------|-----5-----8b-8b-5--------|-----5----------8--8~---|
------|--5-----7-----------5--8~-|--5-----8~---5----------|
------|--------------------------|------------------------|
------|--------------------------|------------------------|
------|--------------------------|------------------------|
------|--------------------------|------------------------|


                                                                              
--8b-5--8-----5--8b-8b-5--|--8~-----------10~------|-----5--7--7b-5--8-------|
-----------8--------------|-------5---8---------8--|--8-----------------8~---|
--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|


Exercise 4                                                  
------|----5-------------------|------------------------|
------|-------5--8--------8~---|-------------------8~---|
------|-------------5--5-------|--5h-7p-5--7~---5-------|
------|------------------------|------------------------|
------|------------------------|------------------------|
------|------------------------|------------------------|


Exercise 5                        
------------------------|------|-------8p-5-------------|
--------8~--------------|------|----5--------8p-5-------|
--9--7-------5----------|------|-------------------8~---|
----------------7--5~---|------|------------------------|
------------------------|------|------------------------|
------------------------|------|------------------------|


                                                                          
-----------------------|-------8p-5-------------|-----------------------||
-----------------------|----5--------8p-5--8~---|-----------------------||
--7b---7~---5-------5--|------------------------|--5----9~---5--7--5~---||
---------------7~------|------------------------|-----------------------||
-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------||
-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------||

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    • May 17, 2011 at 9:30 am #76149
      Jason
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      You are most welcome Whammy – glad you liked it!

      You can find all our latest guitar lessons and advice at
      https://www.guitarsite.com/news/guitar_lessons/

      Cheers,
      Jason.

    • May 17, 2011 at 9:28 am #65140
      Whammy
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      Hey gnw! Quite aware that this an older post, but I wanted to give many thanks for you posting this wicked tutorial. I’m definitely a beginner when it comes to playing the guitar, so seeing ANY sort of neat tutorial like this is a great motivator for me to do better. The way I see it; if I become better at my craft, I’ll be able to figure out all of the cool, advanced stuff. Not sure how soon I’ll be able to master this cool sounding vibrato, but I’m sure I will eventually.

      Man, I can’t wait to become better at the guitar. I think guitar vibratos sound SO cool. . . especially when listening to it from a subwoofer or tower speakers.

      Anyway, thanks again! =)

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