How do you play with slide vibrato, and what are the differences between slide vibrato vs. lip vibrato?

Slide vibrato is basically just making small, rapid motions of the slide, to produce a vibrato effect. This, in my opinion, does not produce the best sounding vibrato. Jaw vibrato is much more consistent, especially for notes in first position. Some people do prefer it, though, and whatever works for you is completely your choice.

Thomas

Its about style you use the vibrato in. those two kinds of vibrato are for two tottally different reasons. Mainly the slide vibrato is used for jazz as it makes the biggest difference in sound and can add some cool colors. the lip vibrato that i use, i use for doing solo work such as bordogni etudes and most concertos.

so.. depending on the situation you have to decide which vibrato to use. and in most situations.. no vibrato is best.

unless you have been playing for years and have a rock solid foundation i would recomend against using slide vibrato and here is why. I got in the habit of using it when i was playing and created a bad habit. When i would slide in to a position i would imediatly jiggle the slide...eg slide vibrato. After doing this for years i went to an audition and this is the feed back i got...Your tone is great but your intonation is a little unclear...
I went to a local instructon, one that i had played with and for many times and we worked that nasty bad habbit out.

Imagind if you will that (for this post anyway) that all positions are always in the same place. now when you slide from first to second the slide "clicks" in to place this is the motion you should be practicing with. In reality i know that second is not always in the same spot but learn the diferent locations of the notes then "click" the slide to the right spot.

After you have a great foundation in exact locations, with years of experience, then go ahead and add that slide vibrato. Some, no many of the greats use it. heck there are some vibrato effects that are only possible with the slide.

Good playing.

I personally think, you should try both styles of Vibrato out dependign on what you`re playing. As someone mentioned earlier, slide vibrato is more used in Jazz. I played Trombone from 4th grade, to my senior year in HS. I am an Oboe player now, I saw the light and took oboe my sophomore year in HS, but I continued trombone with other bands. Almost everyone instrument I have played I have developed vibrato, and especially in all the woodwinds I play you really find the times oyu should even use vibrato. Vibrato isn`t something you need to worry about a young level. It`s more of a finishign touch, or a treat to something. Find when vibrato is appropriate, and then for trombone, decide which type of vibrato sounds better. Make sure your "jaw" vibrato isn`t so much your jaw. Jaw vibrato can make a just a wavy sound and nto the vibrato effect. Use your diaphragm with it. But mainly focus on when, and what type, is appropriate.

Well, I`d like to vioce my opinion on this also...-_-

Slide Vibrato- As you know, you can produce a slide vibrato when you move the slide slightly higher and slightly lower consistantly (slowly-medium-fast. Lets say...on E flat, you use a slide vibrato, you sorta go to E and D, but not directly.). Now, Slide vibrato is mostly used in Jazz, because like someone said, it adds color to your improv. However, for classical playing, a slide vibrato is sloppy, and it distracts the public from the music to the constant moving of your slide.

Jaw/Adominal Vibrato: The Jaw Vibrato is when you are playing a note, and alternating the pitch from sharp-in tune-flat. Now, if you look at professional players, like Christian Lindburg and Joseph Alessi, I really don`t recall them using slide vibrato, but rather, they use the Jaw/Adominal Vibrato. It has a more natural feel within classical/chamber/etc. music.

I really can`t explain well, as I am still struggling with this language...-_- Hope this helped.

i recently was talking to some trombone players about french music and how to approach the real romantic stuff. a large majority of players said that when they play french ballads and things like that they use a very FAST and close slide vibrato.