Lesson 5 - Vibrato technique from the song “Lenny”

October 25th, 2007

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This lesson examines a vibrato technique that Stevie used when playing the song "Lenny"

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8 Comments

  1. Jesse Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 4:43 am

    true but he uses alot of tremolo too bro

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 4th, 2008:

    He certainly does, but in this song it was mainly used on chords. In Texas flood he would sometimes use it on single notes, and a LOT in Say What.

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  2. Josh Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Man i really love this site it helps me alot because Stevie is my idol. I have a questino though, do you know or can you teach any licks of riffs from Couldn’t Stand the Weather.

    Once again great site.
    Josh

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  3. Jordan Micallef Says:
    March 29th, 2008 at 11:43 am

    omg thanks for lesson i always hate the feelin of doin vibrato n always feel the scratchin and never knew it could lead to refretin! learn sumit new everyday

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  4. Travis Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    You are a beast. This lessons really helps.

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  5. Anthony Stauffer Says:
    December 21st, 2007 at 3:01 am

    That’s a good question. In this case, I’m actually doing the muting with my right hand as I sweep the pick down towards the high E string. I do this by having the side of my hand hit the strings and rest there right before I hit them with the pick. But I only rest it on the 4 lowest strings, I let the top 2 strings open because I’m picking the 2nd highest string.

    ( I refer to the low E string as the lowest and the high E string as the highest because of their notes. Some people call the low E string the highest string because of it’s position at the top of the fretboard, but that’s not the convention i use. )

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  6. Mark Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    doh, sorry. G#, not F#

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  7. Mark Says:
    December 17th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    Amazing site! Great learning on SRV techniques. I am determined to get the raking technique down. Can you please detail which fingers are muting which strings on your Lenny vibrato rake? When I try it, I can mute the 6th and 5th strings with my thumb and the 1st and 3rd with my other fingers but the D-string is stubborn and rings out no matter what I try. Do you actually rake all 6 strings when you hammer on to the F# w/vibrato?

    Again - great work. Love your sound. Keep it coming.
    Mark

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