Let’s Put Vibrato Into Real Music (May Dojo)

4d • 🥋 Dojo: Vibrato 2026

Two months of Vibrato Dojo in the books. 🎻✨

No matter how much you’ve been able to follow along, you’ve planted important seeds - awareness, new brain pathway construction underway, and the beginnings of your own vibrato voice.

For May (still very much Spring energy 🌱 it's raining hard here in Austin as I type!), we’re shifting into the music side of vibrato.

(Spoiler alert - this Summer we will pivot into bow skills!)

This is where vibrato stops being an exercise… and starts becoming your one of a kind expression.

How do we use vibrato inside actual music?
When and where do you place it?
How do we not panic when the bowing and rhythm go sideways the moment vibrato enters the chat?

We’ll be starting with something fun and intuitive: vocal-inspired playing.

Over the weekend, think about this: What songs do you love that are sung with lyrics… that you’d want to play on violin? Or maybe something you already know and play, but want to make more expressive.

That’s our entry point for applied vibrato.

If you’re a Dojo student: New application videos are dropping in the Jenny's Daily Lessons portal next week 👀

If you’re here for community and base training courtyard exercises: You’re still completely welcome to explore this idea with us here. Try it, share, experiment.

And lets be real, the time has been flying especially quickly this Spring, no?

For anyone who feels like they want more time with the training reps - you can absolutely continue your vibrato training alongside this month.

No rush. This is your timeline.

Tell me in the comments some favorite emotional songs with lyrics that could be good on violin. See you there! :)

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