Sunday, November 21, 2010

To Vibrato or Not To Vibrato

Hey everyone,

With all the talk (mostly from Miss Wong) about vibrato and how it makes the music sound different, I figured you might want to hear it for yourself.
Both guitarists play "Romance D'Amour", a rather well-known classical guitar piece, albiet a little differently.

Let's watch the videos first, shall we?





As you might hear (or rather, see), the former is playing what I would call "robotically" while the later uses the vibrato technique with much more emotion.
We can also notice that the later has included much dynamics in this piece, including subtle changes in tempo and volume (spare me the technical terms),
while the later is playing maybe slightly better then the midi file on my computer.

As I like to put it,
Music is Liquified Emotions flowing into the soul.
I'm sure you can tell, if not FEEL,
the difference between the two pieces.

Just my two cents worth.
- Jin Jian

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