Vibrato - how sing it???

[Rui]

To sing with vibrato you can try some exercises,
1) on a note ( G, for example) say 'hey', then two pulses 'hey-ey', then 3 pulses 'hey-ey-ey', then 5 pulses 'hey-ey-ey-ey-ey' then finally 9 pulses 'hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey'
2) As you go along, try it on different notes, going higher each time. When you get to a high note, use the vowel 'ee' instead.
3) Practice with a metronome starting with a slow tempo & slowly increasing speed.
If you do it on a fast tempo, it sounds like a vibrato. All you have to do , as you get used to this, is controlling your vibrato with varrying speeds & depth to make it sound natural.

 

[a_b_normal123]

lol..i didn't know that you can produce a vibrato like that..haha..i always thoguht that you either have it or you didn't...

 

[sinnery]

To sing with vibrato you can try some exercises,
1) on a note ( G, for example) say 'hey', then two pulses 'hey-ey', then 3 pulses 'hey-ey-ey', then 5 pulses 'hey-ey-ey-ey-ey' then finally 9 pulses 'hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey'
2) As you go along, try it on different notes, going higher each time. When you get to a high note, use the vowel 'ee' instead.
3) Practice with a metronome starting with a slow tempo & slowly increasing speed.
If you do it on a fast tempo, it sounds like a vibrato. All you have to do , as you get used to this, is controlling your vibrato with varrying speeds & depth to make it sound natural.

ok... i got so little knowledge in this. is vibrato also considered as treble? heh! cos before this, i used to call this treble sound as ribonny sound. hehe! i know it's a little crap but i always picture this treble sound to look like a ballerina dancing with the long ribbon.

 

[sage]

that was a good tip for singing vibrato.. i think
it helps develop it in time, but there's a danger that a person practicing that ends up depending on vibratos based on the control of vocal sounds from the throat..

on my own preference, i don't really encourage techniques for vibratos because vibratos (natural ones at least) are developed over time...
you just need to practice... but
one of the most important things that help develop the vibrato, is air and your air control working together with resonance of the voice.. the throat has very little to do with it actually. i found out that when vibratos are focused on the throat cavity, if done with very little or no focus on air, you end up straining your voice..

 

[sage]

ok... i got so little knowledge in this. is vibrato also considered as treble? heh! cos before this, i used to call this treble sound as ribonny sound. hehe! i know it's a little crap but i always picture this treble sound to look like a ballerina dancing with the long ribbon.

don't know if vibrato is considered as treble...
treble, in my knowledge, defines a musical range that's high (at least higher than bass anyway)
i do know that a vibrato is a tremulous effect produced by a tone with pitch variations... maybe you mixed up tremble with treble?

 

[ranz]

a vibrato comes naturally when the vocal chords relaxes and the air is pushed out from the diaphragm itself... some people have a naturally fast vibrato and some have slow ones...

by practicing with the above mentioned method. it'll definitely damage your singing technique by using the muscles in the throat to sing. which is the wrong technique already.

 

[hiroshimorie]

how to sustain a vibrato?

 

[ranz]

by having sufficient air... think deep. breathe deep down into your stomach. expanding your ribcages and your tummy. imagine your vocal chords coming from your anus... that'll help abit

 

[seekz]

for me it comes naturally, but after lots and lots of practice. and it took quite a while too!

 

[tany]

hey how to vibrato with certain words? and i got this problem, the lower i go, the harder to have a clear vibrato.

and how to pronounce certain words and vibrato? like with an E, must we empahsise the E, or etc?

 

[CarinaVoiceStudio]

As regards to Vibrato, you can't fake a vibrato. It comes very naturally with vocal power. If you fake a vibrato, it might make you sound as if your vocal is unstable and therefore it trembles. This will not look good on a singer's vocal techniques if he/she is pursuing a singing contest.

Do take note.

Carina (Liqing)
Vocal Instructor

 

[deon]

vibrato involved using your diaphragm to push the air in waves. If you play a wind instrument, its either using your lips to say "wah-wah" or using your diaphragm.

 

[BlackMoo]

actually in wind instruments, using lip or throat to do 'vibrato' is wrong. Its purely the diaphragm support.

 

[cloudwind]

I agree with ranz:

a vibrato comes naturally when the vocal chords relaxes and the air is pushed out from the diaphragm itself... some people have a naturally fast vibrato and some have slow ones...

by practicing with the above mentioned method. it'll definitely damage your singing technique by using the muscles in the throat to sing. which is the wrong technique already.

When u perform ur vocal workout sufficiently & correctly, it shud happen naturally. If you use the wrong method (usually the breathy exercise ), then it's even harder to get it rite. Jus a tip: For distinct vibrato, it is usually associated wif glottal attack exercises. That's the reason y classical singers can perform it more easily.

 

[btherl]

There's two techniques for vibrato (that I know of):

- Using the diaphragm. I personally do not like the sound of diaphragm vibrato. It's just not nice.

- Using the vocal chords. This vibrato occurs naturally when your vocal chord tension and breath support are in balance. It's difficult to control, but sounds much nicer. Additionally, if you have a voice that has this type of vibrato, then your voice ALREADY sounds good You don't need vibrato.

 

[Raphael]

Hi, just my two cents, but the vocal exercise described above is actually pretty similar to the one taught by Brett Manning in his Singing Success program(which is based pretty much on Speech Level Singing).

Personally find the program pretty effective for increasing, having been used it for a few months myself...not too sure how effective it is for training vibrato though.

But then again, topics like this, together with head voice vs. falsetto, how much support to use etc. are pretty controversial when it comes to singing techniques... just keep an open mind and use what makes you sound good i guess.

 

[jaycomposer]

Oh man this topic brings back fond memories...

I remember when I was 11 or 12, my auntie was singing those cantonese old ballads that require vibratos of industrial quantity, and I was so amused that I kept imitating her the whole day till she finally smacked me.

At first it was very unstable, sometimes fast sometimes slow, but I realised I knida like the effect so I just went on and on practising to Teng Li Jun songs and Hokkien songs that my mom listens to, till now I can hardly sing without vibrato.

Yes, people who like my vibrato say it sounds R&B, people who don't like it says it sounds like Hokkien singers. But hey, not like I can help it man, it's already my style developed 10 years ago.

×íÐijÇÊÐ aka Nostalgia City

 

[JrockVoxAce]

anyone heard of onmyouza?
was wonderin whether does e female vox of onmyouza 's voice , sounds like got vibrato or not...