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Hi!
I wanted to ask you how it is possible to obtain the "vibrato" effect when playing an open string on the violin.
I remember from my studies that it is possible to vibrate the same note as the open string on the adjacent string an octave above, for example, and thus obtain the vibration by "sympathy," but I am not sure!
Could someone explain it to me?
Thank you!!
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I am also interested in this topic. I see no alternatives other than the one you have already mentioned.
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Stefanus wrote:I am also interested in this topic. I see no alternatives other than the one you have already mentioned.
I really think so
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The vibrato on the open string is performed as Jenn said. You play the adjacent string an octave above or even below and you obtain the vibrato by sympathy.
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Great!! Thanks!
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The quintessential instrument that allows for sympathetic vibrations is the viola d'amore (but also instruments like the sitar, etc.). The premise is that there is a double set of strings: the first - the one played directly by the performer - acts as the sound source, while the second set of strings vibrates "sympathetically," entering into resonance at certain frequencies; I am referring to the unison, the octave, and the fifth to achieve optimal results.
These vibrations can also be obtained using sound sources "external" to the instrument itself.
@Dante, as far as I know, they are called exactly sympathetic vibrations. Then there is the vibrato effect which, as you well describe, is obtained by using the finger on the keyboard.
