CELLO ISSUES: Vibrato - How to Do & Learn (with Georg Mertens)

How best to start vibrato plus movement, exercises, posture and more.
This video is part of my online cello course, collection 'CELLO ISSUES' (all CELLO ISSUES videos are free):   / collections  
Content:
0:17 when to start with vibrato
0:45 what is the movement
1:56 single finger play
3:10 the use of the thumb
4:20 "under doing" the effort
5:26 best practice for vibrato - NOT seamless
6:24 seamless (continuous) vibrato
6:48 introducing vibrato in pieces
7:23 arm position
7:52 how to change the speed of vibrato
Wrong ideas:
8:19 lifting the arm
9:40 speed change by stretching fingers apart or keeping together (ballerina)?
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p.s.
To Vibrato in Baroque Music:
The Baroque composer Geminiani wrote in 1752: "Use vibrato wherever you can, it sweetens the sound".
Mozart's father Leopold distinguished already between slow and fast vibrato, increasing and decreasing the speed of vibrato (published 1750).
Interestingly enough the Romantic period was the one when hardly any vibrato was used.
Brahms' violin concerto was premiered by Joachim with virtually no vibrato!
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More CELLO ISSUES videos:
How Long should my Endpin be? - https://studio.youtube.com/video/qg31...
Vibrato - How to Do & Learn - https://studio.youtube.com/video/Gvkl...
How to make a good Sound - https://studio.youtube.com/video/FLt9...
How to Practice Best - https://studio.youtube.com/video/ITIo...
Playing pieces by memory - Benefits & How to Learn - https://studio.youtube.com/video/iXxf...
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