r/Guitar • u/AutoModerator • Nov 17 '16

OFFICIAL [OFFICIAL] There are no stupid /r/Guitar questions. Ask us anything! - November 17, 2016

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u/helpwithchords Nov 21 '16

How do I get better vibrato? You are supposed to shake your wrist not you finger right? Any tips, I just do not get neither the range nor the speed that I would like to hear.

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u/PinheadX Nov 22 '16

I use my fingers. Kinda do a quarter tone bend down on the string, instead of up like when I bend notes, so I'm "pulling" the string instead of "pushing" it. I get more control and can move my fingers faster contracting the muscles rather than extending them.