Help!
Any good tips for practising vibrato? My teacher says to put the tip of my vibrato against the wall with a cloth holding it in place and practise going up and down the neck. I've tried that but my vibrato still isn't very good. My movemement comes from my fingers and not my elbow (or writst in some cases)

Where does your movement come from for vibrato? Do you fellow stringed musicians do it from wrist or elbow?

Any other tips would be extremely helpful

I use a combination of wrist and arm vibrato - although on the viola, I do tend to use arm vibrato more than I do on the fiddle.

There are some great exercices for developing vibrato on youtube - check out professorv - he's a great violin teacher from the States with some excellent exercises - but keep doing your teacher's exercises too - (s)he's got you on the right track.

Don't worry about how quickly you get it, either - it can take months / years for some people to feel secure with vibrato. Just keep chipping away at it, you'll get there eventually.

Allan

I'd second that - keep practising!
I found rolling my finger exaggeratedly at first helped - try practising vibrato against the other hand whenever you can. Keep playing one note with your right hand and experiment with your left. Third and second fingers are supposed to be the easiest to start with.
Good luck - I'm sure you'll manage it in the end!

Just keep going with the exercises and it will come, it's a different experience for everyone from what I can gatther.
I've been learning the viola for about 5 years now,and am just getting hints of vibrato, now and then, but it's more there than last year.
Good luck
Rebecca

I mainly use arm vibrato.

The best method of practicing for me was exaggerating the movement slowly and eventually making the movements slower, smoother and faster. You don't always have to practice with a bow - you can hold a pencil and do the motions on that to practice the movement.

Don't be impatient to learn to do vibrato, many people find it very tricky! Best of luck

Well, had my lesson today and it's decided that I'll be focusing on the writst vibrato more so as I appear to understand the concept more than the arm vibrato. I just can't get the movement from my arm and it's very frustrating. I'm so impatient but I'm enjoying the challenge. Why does vibrato take months/years to learn and to perfect? However, I refuse to give up trying the arm vibrato so happy practising for me