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rickm
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tremelo question
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Hi, I know I post a lot of questions. 1) I play Recuerdos with a 3 beat tremelo, p,a,m,i 2) I know a flamenco tremelo is a 4 beat, p, i, a,m,i I have pretty mucy played a three beat trem for most songs, but have recently tried to incorporate the flamenco trem. The question is, If I am successful with the 4 beat trem, will it eventually screw up my 3 beat one and I wont be able to play a three beat combination (ala recuerdos) any longer? ALso, I have heard the best combination for a flamenco tremelo is p, m, a, m, i, instead of p i, a, m, i = any ideas?
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Date May 24 2004 18:56:07
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Jim Opfer
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From: Glasgow, Scotland.
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RE: tremelo question (in reply to rickm)
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I have heard the best combination for a flamenco tremelo is p, m, a, m, i, instead of p i, a, m, i = any ideas? Yes, this is a nice sequence and many players use it. The thing with tremolo is being able to select the string without any hesitation and that's why the p, i sequence is so popular. I find my 'm' finger is keen to take a lead over my 'i' so I tend to start picado with 'm' and in turn I can play tremolo with both sequences. As Jon says, it's good to practice all combos. Cheers Jim.
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Date May 29 2004 15:47:04
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: tremelo question (in reply to rickm)
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There are a lot more important things to practice than tremolo, such as scales, picado, and fast alternating rest stroke melodies. Seriously though, Enrique de Merchor, a bit of a burner (as anyone who has seen old video of him and his father hanging out will attest) told Eduardo Rebollar, my teacher in Sevilla, that people with good arpeggios have good picado. I would agree, I think it has something to do with finger independence, as well as understanding of hand position and use of the arm. Interestingly, Eduardo thinks that people with good picado don't have good tremolo and vice versa. A strange opinion, since tremolo is essentially an arpeggio on one string. I have noticed that some nice tremolo players don't actually pluck the strings but brush it, thereby geting a very sweet sound. But this effeminiate way of playing tremolo probably is deleterious to aggressive picado.
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Date May 30 2004 19:19:37
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