Ricardo -> RE: tough tremolo (Jul. 9 2007 5:37:31)
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I disagree about tirando thumb, but it really depends on the specific passage. Anyway, I used to have this problem, but now I figured out the trick. You have to think of the tremolo sort of backwards. I don't mean play the notes backwards, but the thing is you are thinking like the pattern is piami, piami, etc in groups of 5. The way flamenco players sometimes feel the tremolo is actually like this: P........iamiP.........iamiP.......etc. so I need the NEXT bass note from your tremolo to help you. For now, lets assume it just repeats. E--------------------------12-12-10-10-----------------10-10-10-10-------- B-10-10-10-10------------------------------------------------------------10---repeat G---------------------------------------------10----------------------------------- D------------------9---------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It is OK to at first not have even 5 tuplets. Practice like 1e&ah 2, 3e&ah 4, 5e&ah 6. So 2 4 and 6 are the thumb bass notes, and all 3 of those are rest stroke. After you get the feeling of this, start to drag the time of the iami notes and decrease the space between each group (iamiP.... iamiP...iamiP..iamiP,iamiPiamiPiamiP etc), until it is as even as YOU want. Remember flamenco tremolo does not have to be perfectly even 5's all the time, but you always need to hit that bass note after the tremolo notes. Ricardo
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