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Learning How to Play
three-quarters of the way up. From here, just
a casual raising of your hand or fingers makes
the volume swell; dipping your fingers or wrist
slightly makes the volume drop. This variation
in volume adds articulation and depth to your
playing, while also highlighting specific notes or
passages of music.
Try attenuating the volume to emphasize the
mood in your playing, making some sections soft
and others loud. If you find that your volume
sensitivity range is too small or too big for you
to easily control, you can adjust the
VOLUME
ANTENNA
knob to control the distance be-
tween the near volume and the far volume to
suit your needs.
Ideally, you should be able to go from mute to
maximum loudness with just a flip of the wrist.
Vibrato
Refer to Figure 12
Vibrato is an effect created by shaking your hand
and rhythmically “bending” notes back and
forth, causing a vibration of the pitch frequency.
This can make certain passages seem more mys-
terious or interesting. A strong, fast vibrato will
add tension or drama to a passage, while a slow
and delicate vibrato creates a subtle movement
that can soften or sweeten a passage. To perform
vibrato, simply give your pitch hand a slight
wiggle. The trick is learning to sync the back-
and-forth motions in a way that is musically
appropriate to what you are playing. Keep your
movements small and gentle. You are bending
Figure 10
Figure 11
Figure 12