Shake It Off! Everything You Need to Know About Vibrato This exercise helped me go from an arm vibrato to a wrist vibrato, While theres different opinions on this, I think that for the violin viola arm vibrato can be too big of a motion and cause the #violintechnique Common Vibrato Mistakes to Avoid , 1 Holding the Violin Neck with Your Wrist Let your hand relax, avoid gripping with your wrist, and allow for smooth vibrato movement., 2 No Wrist Vibrato : Lesson 5. Once you feel semi comfortable with your 2nd finger rhythms on A string, you get to try out the rhythms on your 1st, 3rd, and 4th fingers! I like to stay on the A string for Violin Vibrato: The Complete Guide to Technique, Exercises and Troubleshooting Violin Lounge Should You Use Arm, Wrist or Finger Vibrato? Or all of them?