Oberon wrote: I was wondering if any of you know how to do this vibrato trick? Hi, Ken, Thanks for sending this .wav file. I had never heard Bejun Mehta before! This does not sound like a vibrato trick; I believe it's a trill. Well, in the first cut it's a trill. In the 2nd I hear no trill, just vibrato, and a little on the wide side on the final note at that. Forgive me if you already know what I'm about to explain: A trill is a fast alternation of two neighboring notes, used as an ornament to the vocal (or instrumental) line. Mehta's trill in the 1st cut is rather narrow. I do not hear two distinct pitches, but from the style, context and what I know most singers would do there, it's definitely a trill. To learn to trill, one must practice alternating between the 2 notes slowly. When your voice/ear/mechanism feels clearly where the pitches are, you can allow the mechanism to speed up. I've never taught this; maybe one of our esteemed pedagogues on the List will chime in to really explain how to do it. Susan Schneider |