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Lead Guitar Lessons - Vibrato
Vibrato is an essential technique used in playing lead guitar. To use vibrato the string is vibrated by bending and releasing the string rapidly with your fret hand. I talk more about bends and bending on my free Guitar for Beginners page. Vibrato is really easy to do but each player has their own style. Figure 1 and 2 show you the difference between a note played regularly and a note played using vibrato. Try all 4 lessons and learn to play guitar vibrato.
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| Figure 1 - Vibrato Single Note | Figure 2 - Vibrato Double Note | ||
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This vibrato riff uses the E Pentatonic Blues Scale. Vibrato is commonly used at the end of riffs or phrases to help the note sound more full.
| Figure 3 - Vibrato Riff |
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This time try using vibrato with a bend to the E Minor Pentatonic Scale riff. Bend the last note up a full step and then use vibrato. Check out the rest of the Lead Guitar Lessons and learn to play the guitar!
| Figure 4 - Vibrato w/ Bend |
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