How to Practice Cello Vibrato

Part of the Video Series How to Play the Cello

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Playing vibrato on the cello takes practice: learn how to use a metronome to practice vibrato in this free music lesson video.

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How to Practice Cello Vibrato
FRANCIS JOSEPH SANTORI: So a way to practice is to set a metronome. Could you give me a metronome for a moment? MAN: Sure. FRANCIS JOSEPH SANTORI: Nice and slow. Right. Slower. Practice different speeds like half-time, whole-time. You could even do like [PLAYS NOTES WITH VIBRATO] being sure that you're rolling and not sliding like that. It's keeping the finger anchored in a spot and there's rolling around the pad in each one of your fingers. Using the metronome you can really learn to time it and give it a genuine timed effect.

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Expert: As an Austin multi-instrumentalist musician, Francis Joseph Santori was one of the featured artists in the 2007 Jazz on the Boulevard festival in Dallas. Read More