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Ah yes, I've seen that. I took exactly one violin lesson in Grammar school. Took home a violin, made a few screech-screech noises with the bow, and was told to "take it back and don't bring it home again". Switched from music to some other subject (French or wood shop?)

Probably before I crossed the Rio Grand in the dark of night.

That would look funny while singing a solo in a concert.

Since puberty arrived, I can't hit those high notes with or without vibrato. IMO Whitney Houston sang the best ever version of our National Anthem.

Interesting. Seems a little like playing slack key, but not as much stretch of the strings. He's obviously a master at it. Now I need to figure out how to introduce vibrato into my voice by wiggling my fingers.

Gary's comments reminded me ... In the 60's, when I worked at a very noisy steel plant (largest in Europe), I lost some frequencies in my hearing, mostly at the lower end. It didn't bother me at the time, because I used instruments such as oscilloscopes and frequency generators/signal injectors...

Thanks for that. I watched/listened to a couple of YouTube videos of their duets. The place (I think) I hear the vibrato is on the trailing note of a phrase in Gene Watson's singing :unsure: If that's correct, then I have a better understanding of vibrato and how it's produced.

I recall friends in my early youth playing electric guitars with a "tremolo" arm. The effect sounded like very noticeable changes in pitch. Maybe that was the "Fender-inflicted confusion"(?) OTOH I see a lot of interchange & mixing of the two terms (vibrato and tremolo), even in "authoritative"...

It requires a 3rd party software add-on that is not active here.

That's basically what the article says. But I'm not conscious of its existence or that I'm in any way 'controlling' it.

I must admit that I'd never heard this term until a few years ago when a talented musician told me "you've got an interesting vibrato". Wish I'd asked him to explain. Today, after watching some talent shows (American Idol and The Voice) where vibrato was mentioned several times, I decided to...

I believe there was also a Chieftain.

We're down to the final playlist for our two June, 2024 concerts (22 songs including encore), and the band continues to practice weekly. A number of new-to-us songs, several of which need more work. Looks like we'll be at or very close to 50 performers; The concert organizers have to add an...

Thanks for the comments Don. You've been around here long enough to understand those things. True, although we have relatively few disagreements. In any event, we try not to let it spill over into the public area. We'll sometimes have a discussion about questionable stuff in the back room, and...

Thanks for the update Bill. Reminds me of a friend who had a similar history in boating. He named his last boat "Full Circle". Good luck with the search.