Tremelo waiver......
David,
I have watched the videos on Tremelo and Vibrato.....as yet no Vibrato for me.
Your Tremelo was a certain waiver to it which seems to me more than just the slapping of the epiglotis.
An ordinary tremelo is more like a stopping and starting of the air, but yours has an up and down quality with it that sounds very much like a Vibrato without going so far as to bend the note.
Case in point....the 1/4 draw Octave in the Strut....3rd Chorus.
It is a beautiful effect.....am I missing something?
Is the tongue moving or the throat changing shap?
Help!
again such quality instruction....thank you...
Hi David,
I have tried your technique but just can't make it happen with the tremolo alone. I think that the missing ingredient is that we need to bring the diaphragm in slightly to get the added power needed to suck the tongue back for a bend.
In your video demonstration without the harmonica, I'm pretty sure that I see a little diaghragm movement as your body seems to go up and down a little.
Could you let me know if I am off the mark?
Thanks.
You do breathe in... so your diaphragm does drop and your belly does expand... but there is nothing else but breathing in. The pulsating of the belly you see is from throat back pressure.
Thanks for giving me a specific reference, that is very helpful. That octave is a tremolo... no change in pitch... you can't actually do an octave and a vibrato at the same time.
So, what you're hearing is a tremolo. My "regular" MO is a very slight vibrato--not much change in pitch--and this is purposeful. I like vibrato, but don't like it to be too much in your face (Paul Butterfield for example)... with a slow blues as the exception most of the time.
If your tremolo is strong and your bending skills are well developed, you can try this...
Play a 2" (or any bend) and slowly raise it to pitch. At the very moment it hits the natural note start your tremolo... you are in the perfect "tuning" of the mouth to make a vibrato happen. Remember that a vibrato uses the "motor," if you want to call it that, of the tremolo... it's the fact that your mouth is tuned to the pitch of that reed that when the tremolo starts the vibrato can happen.