rickm -> RE: Tremolo's 'a' finger (Jan. 31 2006 14:17:08)
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my classical teacher always has me practice trem staccato, like picado. another way of doing it is like practicing ras, 1) place hand in position, 2) strike with a finger, relax hand, 3 strike with m relax hand, strike with i, then the accent p note and repeat the process. It is important to relax the hand after the stroke. anothe way of practicing (again, classical exercise) is thinking of trem as a series of 4 notes (in the classical sense) and doing p, ami, stop. p ami. stop etc etc. you can also alternate finger strikes as p, mia, p ima, p ia. another trick is to alterantie the strikes practicing mi, ma, im, ia etc whatever combinations yuou can dream up. a good complement is when your playing is someone says, your trem is even that is better than god its fast but all over the map. when you first start playing that speed seems to be most everyones goal and makes for disparate strikes. It took me awhile, but I alternate between classical and flamenco trem and find that I can get away with slower speeds in flamenoc trem, but then can put more embellishments in as there is more time. remember also that arpeggio is similar to trem so spend time with that also. How slow? slow enought to get it regular.
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