Tremolo in classical

Hiya,

ok - finger a chord. Try Am. Play a note on one of the bass strings with your thumb, and then play one of the treble strings three times using your fingers in the order a-m-i (the same note three times)

Repeat lots of times - p-a-m-i. Change chord occasionally, and change bass or treble strings, but always play the same note three times on the treble strings. Try changing chord within a bar, that's fun too, but do try to avoid a "galloping" sound. For "galloping" sounds listen to Liona Boyd.

Something to listen to: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tarrega) - features four minutes of tremelo at 126 bpm or thereabouts (that's 126 repeats of p-a-m-i per minute - 504 notes per minute). John Williams plays it crushingly perfect. Lots of other players give it some room to breathe.

Best,

A :-)

hey alan,
thanks.Also would you please tell how can i listen to all of the composers you mentioned above.I unfortunatly dont have midi device in my computer.Any other way.Can i get tabs of tremolo (i don't know how to read music , not perfectly atleast).Thanks again though :P

Repeat lots of times - p-i-m-a.
Do you mean p-a-m-i?

you can play it either p-a-m-i or p-i-m-a

You can also do p-i-m-i, p-m-i-m, p-m-a-m, and p-a-m-a. I practice them all; in performance I tend to use p-a-m-i for figures like that.

Repeat lots of times - p-i-m-a.
Do you mean p-a-m-i?

Dangit. Yes - p-a-m-i. I've changed the original post.

A :oops:

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Enjoy,

A :-)