Posted by Art on August 25, 2000 at 09:08:56:
In Reply to: Vibrato posted by John on August 25, 2000 at 01:11:39:
Bill Bell advocated jaw vibrato. Personally, I find that it works for me in some registers but not in others. Bob Nagel advised his trumpet students to use a hand vibrato, and I have seen some classically trained string bass players use it on helicon. Sometimes I use a knee vibrato, bobbing my knee up and down slightly to jiggle the tuba in a manner similar to the tumpet players' hand vibrato. I also find that moving my head while holding the tuba steady works well for me. The latter two methods work well for slow vibratos; the jaw method works better when you want a quicker one.
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