KATHY JUDD - VIOLIN, MUSIC & COMMON SENSE
a down-to-earth approach for stellar music-making
Some think it is easier to vibrate a double stop, than to keep vibrato going from one finger to the next. So try this: vibrate any two fingers as a double stop - let's say 1st and 3rd. Then keep alternating between those two fingers on two strings; then those two fingers on one string. Memorize the feeling of the double stop and transfer that feeling to single notes. With focus and patience - as with everything - it works.
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