Re: vibrato

[AGREENBA <AGREENBA...>]

In a message dated 2/6/02 11:22:26 PM, Messiah701 (at) aol(dot)com writes:

<< You might want to talk to a guy named Markus Bishko (im not sure if thats 
his last name exactly.)  He is a great klezmer fluteist.  He playes in the 
Alaska klezmer band-- i dont know how to contact him, but if you do, he could 
be of great help.  MW >>

Thanks, but Markus basically does his own thing, which is fine, but it's not 
what I'm after. 
I'm also a professional flutist (teach flute at the college level, principal 
of 2 symphony orchestras, the ol' classical route) who is looking for an 
answer to this via some historical reference and based upon knowledge of how 
to replicate what I hear as being a very fast, shallow vibrato, mostly on 
longer notes. I'm coming to the conclusion that, after listening lately to 
recordings of classical flutists of around 1930's era, that they are using 
their throat muscles combined with far less air pressure. Over the decades 
flutists have rid themselves of this "nannygoat" approach (the term commonly 
used for the very fast, jittery vibrato), employing a smoother, slower 
vibrato, although with varying speeds. I'm certainly able to vary the speed 
of my vibrato; no problem there. But beyond, say, around 6 pulses per second, 
I can't do it justice or at least not for more than a quick note. But I am 
intrigued with the shimmering intensity of the nannygoat variety and, if 
nothing else, would like the option to choose it if I wished and therefore 
need to know as much as I can. Yet, I might learn how to achieve and maintain 
this extremely fast vibrato but then eventually decide to discard it. 
Or maybe I won't...
(Are you by any chance related to other Winograds who are classical 
musicians? Just curious.)
Adrianne

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