We’ve all heard singers with slow vibrato. It’s painful.
Why does this happen and how can you make vibrato go faster? Inside this video I’ll
explain why it happens and give you two vocal exercises to make vibrato go faster.
Hi, I’m Chuck Gilmore with Power To Sing.
Vibrato done well sounds great. Our voices sound natural and the song sounds better.
However, vibrato too slow sounds labored and awkward. Why does this happen and how can
you make vibrato go faster?
Here are some causes of vibrato slowing down.
You learned to do it too slow in the first place.
You’re vocal cords are swollen because you’re singing sick.
You’ve been abusing your voice by pulling up the chest voice and or hiking up the larynx.
You’re blasting too much air to the vocal cords, which thickens the cords and slows
vibrato. Poor lifestyle choices such as smoking or
abusing alcohol and/or drugs. Yelling, screaming, over-singing, excessive
talking, etc.
These things can cause vocal damage more severe than slowing down your vibrato. Sometimes
it can even lead to surgery on your vocal cords.
The solution lies in not singing sick, making better lifestyle choices to safeguard your
voice and your life, stopping screaming, yelling, excessive talking or over singing. Studying
good singing technique that includes bridging into head voice and improving your vibrato.
Here are two excellent vocal exercises to make vibrato go faster.
Tongue Trill on and Octave Up Arpeggio. You ascend up the scale with the tongue trill
and sustain the vibrato on an “e” vowel like this. [Demo] Men start on the Bb2. Ladies
start on the F3. It’s low but it’ll still work. Both voices will go up 3 ½ steps.
Here’s a 2nd exercise that will also make vibrato go faster. Do the above exercise as
explained but use “she” instead of the tongue trill. Repeat the “she” rapidly
3 times and then sustain the “e” vowel like this. [Demo]
I’ll play the exercises for the men and then I’ll play them for the women so you
all can try this now.
Commit your nervous system to memorise this new, faster speed of vibrato. Practice these
exercises several times a day. Within a short time your vibrato will go faster. Sometimes
it’s immediate. Practice it until you can do it without thinking.
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I’m Chuck Gilmore with Power to Sing. You can sing higher with beauty, confidence and
power.
I’ll see you inside the next video.