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"heavy (or much) vibrato" or "light vibrato". You can also specify the type of vibrato, i.e., "wide vibrato" or "narrow vibrato" or any combination thereof... "heavy, narrow vibrato," "light, wide vibrato," for example.In reality, though, when you start delving into this, it ceases at some point to be musical and becomes just an effect. So... use alterations sparingly if you want it to really mean anything. It doesn't help that modern string players sometimes get stuck in the "molto tasteless, affected vibrato" mode.

Is this a pet peeve for anyone else? I was watching Joshua Bell (violinist) play the Tzigane, and the amount of contortions the man goes through is amazing (not positively). I can't believe that people mistake this sort of crap for musical expression or for getting into the music. This stupid American "just get into the music, it'll make up for bad technique" thing is starting to kill me. Pretty soon I'll have to renounce my citizenship.