Thanks Abitrusty ! I think I have made progress I definitely know what I’m doing with vibrato now. Kind of going back to basics !

Definitely Abitrusty I love hearing how others are doing with their vibrato. This should be re named ‘The bellyaching vibrato blog ! ‘

I agree with you completely when you say about discovering something that makes it click . I have been watching videos and reading threads on vibrato and thinking there must be something I’m doing wrong , and reading one sentence could make it click into place. I have found in the past few days that because I’ve read about so many different techniques and approaches that the actual movement of vibrato has gone out the window. For instance I read how thinking of vibrato as a circular motion could speed it up and I do understand the concept , but practicing a circle motion has made me forget which direction to vibrate, hence the weird drawing . But then reading about the motion in about Galamian’s violin book, just one sentence put me back on track ! I have however decided to go back to basics with it to make sure I’m getting the motion right. Also I read about what actually happens to the string when you vibrate … think I’m wrong in that area too. It’s a total mine field especially when you don’t have a teacher !

I’ll keep belly aching along with you but will definitely keep you updated . 

I am finding that the best way for me to practice vibrato is to have the first three fingers all down at once … Is this ok ? I just watched Fiddlerman’s vid and he has three fingers down but I think that’s just to demonstrate.. here is a vid if you can bare to watch 😬 also this is a very different motion to what I have been doing previously, but I’m following Galamian’s instructions! Putting three fingers down together is good because it feels like the first and third fingers are showing the second one what to do !!! 

So here is my first ever duet with my mum on the piano. Obviously needs a lot of work and I take my eyes off the music so I kinda lose where be both are but … something go work on. This is only after a couple of run throughs. We have both been working on Amazing Grace separately and only did  a couple of run throughs..