-- Posted by foreign lauren 2 at 7:46 pm on June 7, 2008 ok my flute teacher said to not do it from like your throat and do it from your diaphragm ... which is hard to get used to but are you supposed to tounge the note when you do vibrato with your diaphragm....or just go HO and not TA -- Posted by FurryPanther at 7:50 pm on June 7, 2008 A true vibrato is a diaphragm motion, so she's right. It is the same with singing. FP -- Posted by angelofmusic22 at 7:57 pm on June 7, 2008 yeah, using your diaphragm helps you hit the high notes more clearly too. but you still need to tongue the notes of course, unless they're marked otherwise.  It's just a better habit to get into to breathe with your diaphragm, for any musical instrument. why in the world did this get marked as explicit? hahahahah -- Posted by FurryPanther at 8:05 pm on June 7, 2008 Quote: from angelofmusic22 at 8:57 pm on June 7, 2008 yeah, using your diaphragm helps you hit the high notes more clearly too. but you still need to tongue the notes of course, unless they're marked otherwise.  It's just a better habit to get into to breathe with your diaphragm, for any musical instrument. why in the world did this get marked as explicit? hahahahah Because they used the word throat. FP -- Posted by Periwinkle at 9:29 am on June 10, 2008 No, you still tongue the note, unless of course you're not tonguing it because it's slurred/you're not strictly speaking 'tonguing' it because you're double-tonguing. -- Posted by Undernet36 at 2:01 pm on June 12, 2008 I could never actually explain how to do a vibrato. But it seems to be easier on flute. I think how I do it is by pushing more air. I know that sounds weird... Probably has something to do with my diaphragm...