How do I develop a natural sounding vibrato in my voice when I don't naturally have vibrato?

Put the washing machine onto spin cycle and then sit on it when you are singing

Please do NOT listen to ANY of the above posters, they are all filled with nonsense and garbage. Vibrato does indeed occur naturally and it is a very healthy thing to develop. Singing straight tone will damage your voice. Anyone can develop vibrato, it is never "unattainable".

I think vibrato sounds amazing.. = ) Personally I don't like it throughout EVERY single note, but I love it.

Dont it sounds terrible!

If you don't already have natural vibrato, you can't really develop it. You can focus on letting go when you sing, and not trying to sing straight and pure. But No one said vibrato was better anyway. I personally HATE Vibrato, maybe a little at the end of a phrase, but not so much. I'd focus on developing other aspects of your voice, a clear tone and vibrant sound, but not necessarily vibrato.

The way in which air flows over/through the chords is predominately by the control of your diaphragm, and it creates vibrato naturally. It is happening all by itself even if you haven't learned to concentrate on and control it. What you want to learn is how to control your diaphram to pulse air at a faster more rapid rate so that it actually creates an audible difference. The muscle does this, not your lungs alone. Find a vocal coach that not only believes in, but cultivates the muscle strength and focuses on breathing exersizes as a main component of his or her lesson plan "f you dont know how to breathe, you can't sing." I know that sounds rediculous because everyone assumes they know how to breathe. Breath control starts with the diaphragm and ends in the sound that results. As a singer, You do not breathe from your lungs (per- sey) or with a rise in the chest upon breathing in... You breath with your mid section and when you breath in, your stomach should rise and upon breathing out, it deflates. Thatis controlling your mid section and your muscles. Breathing in through and then singing through the nose first and foremost. The mouth is for shaping sound... not releasing it. Once you master this, Vibrato will make more sence all by itself.

I didn't have any sort of vibrato in my voice before...but after a while I just started to develop it! At the beginning stages, just try to sing any random note and hold it. Now, sing that note again, but break it up with short pushes of air (as if you're imitating actual vibrato but doing a really bad job). Just keep doing that until you can break up the note with air fast enough that it sounds like real vibrato. With practice, smooth out the long notes so that it doesnt ACTUALLY sound like it's a note broken up...make it smooth and wavey (use imagery?) Lastly, envision youself as an opera singer. Worked for me ;)

Vibrato is a natural function of the matured, classically trained singing voice. Young children do not have natural vibrato; it begins to develop with the onset of puberity. As singers build the muscles that support the breath, their vibrato becomes more consistant and free. When there is undue tension in the voice caused by tightness in the jaw, tongue or other parts of the system the vibrato may take on unatractive aspects such as edginess, flutter, etc. or may be totally impeaded. As we age and our muscle tone weakens, the vibrato tends to "spread" or get wider. Overly wide vibrato is called "wobble." A good reference book on singing technique can tell you much more. I suggest "The Structure of Singing" by Richard Miller or "Principles of Voice Production" by Ingo Titze. Just so you know, I have a doctoral degree in voice and have been singing professionally for thirty years.

Don't try and develop a vibrato - it will not sound good! When you're old enough and your voice is mature enough a vibrato will come automatically and you can learn to control it when that happens! Don't worry, it will happen you just have to be patient! Keep singing and don't think about what your larynx is doing! Hope this helps! xx