Vibrato

Vibrato is the fingerprint of a great lead guitarist: the same note can sound timid or vocal depending on how you shake it. This chapter teaches you how to do guitar vibrato that is even, in tune and under your control.

You start with finger vibrato in A minor pentatonic, driving the movement from the wrist and practicing with every finger, because index vibrato always feels awkward at first. Then you add vibrato on bends, where you hold a bent note at pitch and let it relax and return, the singing sound of blues and rock solos. Next you learn to set vibrato speed and width on purpose, slow and wide for big held notes, fast and narrow for quicker lines. The last lesson puts it into short vibrato licks that end on long, shaking notes.

Every exercise plays in your browser with a click, so you can lock your wobbles to the beat and climb the tempo ladder gradually. The checkpoint at the end of each lesson tells you when your vibrato is steady enough to move on. By the end, your sustained notes will sound alive and intentional.