Intelligent, authoritative, demolishes some common myths and sidesteps some of the unnecessary complexities you find with other approaches. Vibrato is a true test of a teacher because it is such an awkward motion on the fiddle. Follow this approach and you should have a sound foundation. Prof Bushkova, please make some more technical videos. You clearly have a lot of experience to pass on!

Finally, someone who doesn’t leave it as an abstract concept. Your students are blessed.

After taking lessons for 12 years, quitting and 35 years later ,playing with a small group again, Julia, your vibrato instructions were the ONE that finally sunk in.I finally got it! I still practise daily and need improvement but my vibrato doesn't suck! Awesome help! Thank you so much

Hello Professor Bushkova. Hope you are doing well! Its is 2024 now and i am so happy i discovered this video. I am an adult beginner and this teaching video is really the best out of other materials i have watched or encountered. Thank you!

Clear instructions. After completing these exercises I may get somewhere with this. Thank you.

4:58 12:00 Finally I've found someone who actually knows!!!! Thank you very much

The way you put vibrato made it extremely easy for me to learn. After long hours of me trying to figure it out I almost got it!

Dang it, really thankful for Daniel Kurganov, Eddy Chen from twoset and your videos! Played violin for almost ten years until high school (but at a very amateurish level, having learnt from violin teachers that didn't teach that intensively and technically), but recently having come back to the violin with these vids I got a much better perspective on how to practice effectively:)

Been searching for 3 days, finally I found this channel. Best teacher on here by far. Time DOES make a different in teaching. I tell you why. Young content creators are more focused on entertaining their community, which is fine, since they are actively working on building a stable income by fighting the algorithm battle. But this teacher right here, she just wants to give it to you straight. Clear, concise, nothing to misunderstand, and the most important factor of all: strong principles result in logical rules. I’m so happy to have found her, and I will look no further anymore- time to study! Thank you for sharing so selflessly, god bless you

After years of struggle, Julia Bushkova taught and helped me gain a warm, wide vibrato. This is a hard technique to master during the intermediate years of students' learning, but her methods work marvelously. Listen and learn!

FINALLY! After numerous videos on vibrato, this actually helped!

I practice my vibrato every day for twenty minutes, five minutes for each finger and though it's a long process I can see improvement now and use wrist vibrato. I'm grateful for your lesson as I'm currently without a violin teacher. Still, as an adult intermediate, I need to, finally get this most challenging aspect of the violin under my fingers. I'm glad that I'm getting some results though I knew I would as long as I practised consistently as it's a long process and fraught with demons along the way to dishearten one and try to impede one's progress and improvement. In another six months to two years, I know that I'll have a working vibrato like all other aspects of my playing.

I'm so glad someone advocates (probably wrong word) wrist vibrato. I've never been able to use arm vibrato properly,& I never really 'got' it. I always thought it was the only technique we were meant to use,& it's so refreshing to hear this. Thank you

13:50 "leaning into the string". Wow! Attention to every detail, carefully explained. In each video of Julia Bushkova, one can distinct so many thougths, insights in violinplaying, straight to the point, all of them requiring decades for a violinist to discover them by him/herself.

After all this time!! I am about to cry! I played for 20 years before taking a break and NEVER could figure out vibrato. So many different explanations and eventually learned bad habits and "false" vibrato. Could never play as I wished because of poor vibrato skills. I took a break and picked up the viola 10 years later with the intent of starting all from scratch and within minutes, and I mean MINUTES, of your video and I've FINALLY learned vibrato. Thank you so much!

I am so happy I've found this video! I hope she continues to post videos!!!

I think I've never commented on a youtube video, but this such a masterclass that deserves a comment. Thank you for passing your knowledge!

You are the most gorgeous lady teaching violin. Thank you.

Thank you for the best instruction ever, very clear, to the point and useful. Please keep the videos coming.

Best non nonsense video on that subject I have seen so far. One learns somethin about triplets and finger joints on the way. And afeter all I am happy to see that smiling is not forbidden even though vibrato is a serious subject.

Bravo Julechka! Excellent advice and extremely practical tips - wonderful guiding! The best video about this topic on entire KZfaq.

Very high pedagogic way to teach it, very clever way !!! Huge thanks !!!

By far the most comprehensive explanation of exercises for good vibrato. Thank you!

Awesome! Very practical and thank you, that you make a statement about the oscillation being around the pitch, not below!

After practicing vibrato with your method for one week, now I started to have a feeling about how to play vibrato, now I could only play eight vibrato on one bow, but I think, as long as I keep practicing with your method, I can play faster and faster. Thank you very much for teaching this very effective practicing method.

You have convinced me that an old man just might be able to learn vibrato. Thank you.

Thank you very much for this vibrato tutorial! I still find vibrato not easy but you gave us good tips! The metronome seems to be playing a very important part in practising the vibrato.

this is amazing. thank you for your help!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU MA'AM! This whole time, I've had a mental block when it comes to what the finger tip is actually doing. I've watched several videos but they were not specific enough to get me through it. They emphasized the door knocking and the rolling of the tip of the finger, but I didn't actually get it until you said to act as though that finger tip is superglued to the string. Now, I can practice the motion properly. Thank you!

Thankyou. This is the best video on vibrato ive seen. In my opinion , I think vibrato should be taught from day one. It is how i resolved to learn from day 1 and for a beginner adult, i have a passable vibrato after a few weeks. Perhaps I am an adult prodigy? I hope one day to change my name to Spaganini! Thankyou again.I have engaged a private tutor with the stipulation that they are familiar with your videos. You are a priceless treasure by any and all standards of measure..

This was the best video I've seen so far on how to learn vibrato and I've seen many. I must admit, however, that by the time seven minutes and eleven seconds had gone by I was in love. What an enchanting woman.

This is the first vibrato lesson that I've seen that makes perfect sense and will lead to success! Clear winner

Excellent padagogical intructions and they work! Profund knowledge and explanation of violin technic. I hope Miss Bushkova will continue with other topics of violin technic!

Bardzo pomocne wyjaśnienie. Dziękuję .

Thank You. Very generous of you to share your knowledge and musicianship with the violin world. 👍😊

Thank you. Very good video on this topic.

Finally these techniques are explained extremely well Thank you

wah wah wah wah wah wah! two set!

You are far the best teacher here in KZfaq. Keep it up!!!

This video just changed everything for me. Thank you, beautiful instruction.

Very authoritative and convincing explanation of how to master vibrato! My respect. Thank you coach and more power!

Excellent presentation of a tough topic to teach, from an exceptional violinist and teacher!

Very good and helpful explanation! Спасибо большое из Германии!

Dr. Bushkova, my son just learned vibrato and we watched this video together a few times already. Thank you for making it so easy to understand and easy to follow!

Omg!!!! I got it on the first try! Best video I’ve come across after searching for weeks!!

This is very good!

I was never able to get vibrato, and I've been playing viola since 2002. Finally, your instructions work - I started in June, and things are really clicking. I do stay about 10bpm lower than violin, because 'viola', but this has given me a boost of confidence that is improving all aspects of my confidence. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Professor Bushkova, and the Russian school!

A melhor aula.Obrigada.

wow , you are a very good teacher , thank you

This is incredibly useful - I have to rebuild my vibrato as it was never properly taught in the first place. And apart from the violinistic content, I just wanted to say how remarkable Professor Bushkova's English is, so clear and accurate - on something that would not be easy to explain in any language.

thank you for explaining vibrato in detail. Great lesson!

What a great teacher !

It helped a lot. Thanks!!!!

Thank you Julia

God bless you, loved THIS video.

I find that also having beginners develop secure hands-free placement of the violin or viola on the shoulder helps them to trust that they don't need to clutch at the bow. When they feel that they need to grip the instrument with the left hand they more often grip at the bow. Thank you!

A true down to earth yet solid explanation of the brain learning motion. So for me this is great. I was surprised to hear the opposite of what some teach in saying that vibrato needs to only be pulled away from the note , I never believed it and she explains this well.

Thank you very much for this instruction. I have watched several videos on vibrato for violin and dreaded never being able to accomplish it. I grew up playing flute and so I rely heavily on the vibrato to make music beautiful. I am brand new to violin and now I know I will be able make beautiful vibrato on violin by your gradual training of the arm and wrist, an affective teaching method. So relieved and happy.

Thank you for sharing this. I know not every one is willing to teach their skills and I appreciate you.

It has been a privilege to watch your vibrato masterclass. As far as amateurs can learn a lot of things I would like to share with you that your videos are full of details that really inspire violin teachers to be better. I appreciate your gorgeous explanations very much. Thanks for give us the opportunity to learn fine violin teaching. I hope you could make much more videos.

this was explained so well, thank you

Just subscribed. Best violin tutorials I've seen so far on KZfaq!

Incredible how the small movements are broken down and analyzed for their usefulness; or not. I am always in awe of Russian violinists and you are demonstrating just how to play like the Russian school. Thank you for sharing this lesson!

I love this video

a comprehensive tutorial for vibrato ! thank you so much

Thanky you for this very informative instructional video. Very helpful and easy to understand.

Fantastic, sharing with my students! And of course, employing myself!

Thank you so much. This video is fantastic.

I really want to learn to do this. It's good to find so useful videos like this one., Thank you.

This was sooooo helpful! Thank you soooo much!

What an amazing lesson 👍👍

Thank you. I am convinced.

Perfect explanation of vibrato. After watching, I clearly understood everything. Thank you very much! 😊 😄😁🤗🤔🎻🎻🎻🎻

Thank you very much for your answer, I will pay attention to what you say and hopefully it will improve , many thanks for your advice.

Thank you, I will give this a go. Great instructions!

What a good lesson, Thanks!

Thank you so much

Спасибо, вам большое, лучшее видео которое я когда либо находил по этой теме

Very helpful. Thank you Ms. Julia.

Hi Professor Bushkova! I really like your teaching!!!! Your are a great teacher!! I really hope that I can learn with you in sometimes!

So thank you professor 🙏👏👍😁💝

Professor Bushkova, I must say your online yt classes have been very helpfull to me and, I believe, many other students. Thank You very much and I hope You will keep posting more educational videos. Best regards!

Thank you! Will try it out! 🎶

Thank you for sharing this video! It helped me a lot to progress on my vibrato!

this video is very imprtant and clear to understand to us

Loved this video! By far, the best explanation I've ever seen. If only you were a cello teacher...

Thank You!!!I I think I can get it now!! Very easy to understand and great instruction.

Terrific instruction.

Tank u so much

thank you!

Thank you very much. God bless you abundantly. 😊😊

Thank you! I will try it!

WOW what a tutorial!

Thank you so so much 🙏🏻🦋

Юля, отлично выглядишь!

You're a wonderful teacher.

So happy to find this video from you! I was searching for a good wrist vibrato video for my student, and found this video, was delighted! I was your student at Interlochen in '98, and it was the most educational & transforming 8 weeks of my musical life! Thank you for all you do ~ Misty Elfer

Thanks for taking the time to post

Thank you. This technique has helped me with my arm shaking issue, and easy to follow instructions are perfect for teaching other people.

Best video on vibrato I‘ve ever watched!