EmperorWeeGeeII Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 As many of you might have noticed, vibrato is a really common practice between string players in general. What really surprised me today, is that i did not find any "official" ways of notating vibrato, other than writing "vib" over a note. The problem with that is when i have multiple vibrato notes, text can take a lot of space. Would it be valid if i simply placed a note with a different head in the beginning of the score and wrote the meaning right next to it? Example : NOTE WITH TRIANGULAR HEAD = VIBRATO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danishali903 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 String players usually apply vibrato to all notes automatically (no special notation required). When a composer wants a passage to be played without vibrato, they usually write no vibrato (or senza vib. or something similar). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U238 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Some modern scores use a graphical notation to indicate specific intensity and changes in vibrato in the form of a wave above the staff. Otherwise written performance directions are the norm. You could use a line to indicate a group of notes as with or without vibrato, as you might an 8va or a ritardando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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