The strong M1 states with K π = 1 + in 44,46,48,50 Ti are described microscopically with a deformed Woods-Saxon potential plus QRPA using a parameter-free self-consistent quadrupole force and an interaction, which restores the rotational symmetry. The available experimental data (energies, B(M1) values and (e, e') form factors in 46,48Ti) are well described in terms of isovector quadrupole rotational vibrations. These RPA states correspond to the scissor-type of isovector motion described by the two-rotor model, but they overlap only 20–30% with the collective isovector rotational state of this model since only few quasiparticle configurations take part in the RPA rotational vibration.