Jon Boyes -> RE: Tremelo (Oct. 27 2003 12:09:34)
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The question must be 'where is the melody?', because this is the line that needs to be prominent. I've heard tremolo in flamenco where the main melody is in the bass and the tremolo is really the accompaniment, as Tom says, so it makes sense for a bass rest stroke. But on the other hand, there are plenty of examples where the melody line is clearly the tremolo and the bass is merely an accompaniment, like the (usual) classical guitar tremolo, so a softer touch on the bass makes much more sense from a musical perspective (mind you, dogma seems to outweigh musical considerations sometimes in flamenco...) Jon
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