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recovering tremelo as an old dude
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BarkellWH
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Joined: Jul. 12 2009
From: Washington, DC
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RE: recovering tremelo as an old dude (in reply to Mark2)
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You're still young, Mark2, and you will be able to recover the tremolo. For what they are worth, a couple of observations on my experience with the tremolo follow below. I learned the flamenco tremolo from the beginning and nailed it down well. For some reason I find the flamenco tremolo much easier to maintain steady control over than the classical tremolo. If you want to regain "Recuerdos," you will probably go for the classical tremolo, as the extra stroke in the flamenco tremolo makes for a slower piece. My flamenco guitar maestro, Paco de Malaga, taught me to develop a stronger tremolo on the trebles by stroking the basses harder with the pulgar. Stroking harder on the basses with the pulgar automatically strengthens the iami strokes on the trebles. Go for it and enjoy. Bill
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Date Aug. 17 2020 21:57:44
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Richard Jernigan
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From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: recovering tremelo as an old dude (in reply to Mark2)
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Mark2- I'm 82. I may practice a little more than you do, since I probably have a freer schedule. I had to give up working ten years ago, because it was taking up too much of my time. My problems were with pinched nerves from a bone spur in the neck that affected the left hand. The bone spur went away. Steady work has pretty much overcome the problems. Initial progress was slow, but I can play now, and I'm still improving. Tremolo is not a problem. I notice a wide variation in physical abilities among people of my age. Segovia, Bream and Sabicas concertized publicly well into old age. But I have friends in their seventies who have been highly skilled and successful artisans, but who are beginning to be limited by problems with their hands. Years ago i knew the influential teacher Eddie Freeman, once an accomplished flamenco player, who was unable to play at all in his early 60s due to arthritis. He finally found a medication that worked, and got back to playing. Age itself is not a barrier to tremolo, but the effects of age vary sigificantly from one person to the next. Ten years ago my left pinky wouldn't even go to the right string. These days I'm working on bulerias, thinking I will probably be able to get up to a reasonable speed. Once I began to progress after starting over, my chief obstacle was impatience. The only way to tell whether you can get your tremolo back is to give it a shot. RNJ
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Date Aug. 17 2020 23:32:03
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