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Guitar Lick - Guitar Lessons - Vibratos

Like string bending, vibratos will make a guitar lick stand up and be heard!

1. Vibratos are like many bends and releases strung together on the same note
2. A release is when a the note moves from the bent state back to the non-bent state(bend the note in one direction)
3. Use the 1st and 2nd finger for 2nd finger vibratos
4. Use 1st, 2nd and 3rd finger for 3rd finger vibratos.
5. Keep the left fingers that are on the note close to each other
6. Push and release the bend on the1st, 2nd and 3rd string, pull and release the bend on the 4th, 5th and 6th strings.
7. There are different types of vibratos also: wide and fast, wide and slow, skinny and fast, skinny and slow. A wide vibrato is made when you bend the string farther, a fast vibrato is made when you bend and release the note more rapidly.

• Every time you release the bend, be sure the guitar string returns to it's normal position
• The wavy line and 1/4 written above the fret # tells you this is a skinny vibrato. If you saw a 1/2 above the fret, it would be a wider vibrato. If you saw a 1 above the fret, it would be wider still.
• After practicing Vibrato Ex. 1, try more vibratos on the fretted notes of the E blues scale(See Thrill of Soloing)

• Practice vibrato notes first before attempting the guitar licks

• Practice each guitar lick 3 times in a row (keep a steady beat)

• Practice each guitar lick 3 times in a row with the metronome or the practice track

• Print out the WRITE YOUR OWN page

• Write out a vibrato lick with quarter notes and half notes.

• Then write out a vibrato lick using eighth notes, quarter notes, and half notes

• Practice each one of your licks 3 times in a row

• After writing a couple of guitar licks, jam with one of the practice tracks and make up vibrato licks on the spot.

• Make sure your licks are 4 beats long