Lesson 1: The PAMI Tremolo

[harmonyco]

Paolo, you are the man. Thanks a million.

[AAAXXX9999]

Excellent!!!!!!

[mtaur1]

Excellent lesson!

[tonightmatthewiam]

Yes. Concur! This is perfect. Nice close-up, great camera angle and precise, simple description. It's been a long you tube journey for me. 'Just' wanted to play ellliot smith's 'tomorrow tomorrow' which led from one thing to another .. but the journey ended here. Now to get practicing. Thanks for taking the time. You are obviously a natural teacher!

[JimiRayYng]

Great tutorial Paolo, I am new to classical guitar and this helps me greatly and has inspired me to study harder, many many thanks.. :-)

[ghaibboy]

Thanks so much Paolo

[simon4tam]

Dear Paolo, I cannot even begin to explain how much this video has helped me. Thank you SO much.

[GUMBY1942]

Excellent tutorial Paolo thank you and please keep uploading more of these great lessons bless you.

[TheNevesian]

excellent, thanks from new zealand.

[untoter3]

thanks that helped me much :)

[agmonser]

Hi Paolo,

Thank you so much for so detailed and useful tutorial for playing tremolo. I'm still beginner in playing classical guitar, but one piece of tremolo that I tried has sound almost impossible for me to play until I found your video. This helps so much! Thank you a lot for great lesson on playing tremolo!

Cheers,

Alex

[whateveryoulikenet]

Is there a name for the song, or is it just something to practice with? I agree with everyone else, this is a great piece to practice. I like how it skips the 5th string during the Am - it makes you think and more aware of what you are doing with P.

[TheTirisfalGuardian]

That Man really know what says. Big Thumb up

[foxboxer4]

Salute you on adequate explanation

Greetings to you dear

[TheKomando007]

danke dir man sehr schönes video!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but how can i get more speed with the three fingers? im to slow for tremolo:(

[engcadco9]

very very awesome, tks,



[Brigando100]

Very good lesson, very clear, very logical, very logical. Thanks.

[MrTimCave]

I was struggling so much with my tremolo, being a self taught guitarist, and therefore I thank you so much for this video. I have been trying to play Leyenda Asturias for some time now and this will help tremendously. Thank you Paolo!

[TheReighnart]

This was great! My hand position was off, and this fixed it right up. Thanks for this lesson!

[kakomita]

paola thank you so much, good thing there are guys like you who wants to share knowledge

[magetarg]

Why did you skip the A string on the E chord?? :'( My mind and my fingers are not agree to skip it.... By the way great teaching, very helpful !

[elleow08]

Hi Paolo

Thanks for your detailed video! I found it just as I was getting a bit frustrated practising tremolo with Recuerdos de la Alhambra. I have been having issues with my ring finger hitting the adjacent top strings (eg, after plucking the 6th string, my ring would tends to hit the 5th string). After viewing your video, I have found a new motivation to try again and follow your finger movement and hand form. Appreciate your diagnosis of my problem and tips to avoid this. Thanks!

[paologeminiani]

@elleow08 Your feed back makes it worth it. I am glad that you found it helpful.

Don´t give up. Thank you!

[bisgenblogspot]

thanks

[motimenow]

Great tutorial Paolo. I understood your way of teaching. I do have an issue with fingernails and how to shape and maintain them. I am sure that it will help out with playing and tremolo lessons. Could you explain on a video how to do that? Thank you very much.  Joe

[paologeminiani]

@motimenow Hi Joe, thanks for your comment. You´ll find something I am sure on the web about keeping your right hand fingernails trimmed just right. What I do is putting a bit of sand paper on the strings and then playing the tremolo or an arpeggio.

That gives me a clear view of the direction I should file them and which side should be shorter ..

[motimenow]

@paologeminiani Thank you Paolo. I tried that using a piece of 320 grit fine paper wrapped around the 2nd string and held the guitar in the playing position like you suggested. I than played the tremolo and it filed it down nicely. I need to allow the nails to grow further out but there was a noticeable difference while playing even though the nails have not developed yet. Thanks so much! Joe

[TheJaloa]

@paologeminiani, paolo thanks for this important class of tremolo,its very instructive . Why dont you make a tutorial video of Recuerdos de la Alhambra. I and many people more here in You Tube, would be very grateful and eager for a gesture of such generosity. Ringrazia

[Dimeshit666]

from the miniature it looked like a great quality !

[Akazuk]

1 house music lover accidentally clicked this link

[grandaug]

Thanks, Paolo...from Augustine Cavallaro, your student in Florida, USA...

[75obas]

Thanx!



[PaooLa32]

THANK YOU!

Now I understand the PAMI tremolo :)

I will keep practicing to be able to play like you did in this video.

Thanks for the help -Paola.

[paologeminiani]

@PaooLa32 Good for you, I´m happy to hear that it helped you!

[PaooLa32]

@paologeminiani

by the way I like your name :P

[Ahalfstepdown]

good lesson,thank you

[dracostein]

hello paolo..thnx for this awesome lesson....i have a problem....i'm able to do this tremolo at speed but by keeping my right hand pinky finger as a support on the sound box...is it a bad technique? should i try to lift the pinky and then do this???

[s2p3r]

after practicing tremolo i want to have a taste of your pasta, cause by the way you talk you sound like you cook one. thanks for the lesson.

[MrSaint3]

excellent video

[Benj888]

Your accent is awesome.

[hoangtvu]

thanks for teaching tremolo.

[flabcoan]

WHAT IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION

[cocoriocoloco1]

Muy clara y lúcida leccón, técnicamente ilustrativa. MUchas muchas gracias, Paolo.

[CyrusJavid]

One best practice/lesson I've ever seen in you-tube, great job man and thanks for sharing it with us, just a quick question are you playing open E for your AMI

[EvieHippie]

I have to say... I haven't found anyone yet that put as much detail into hand shape and placement as you have... Great lesson, THANK YOU!!! I love that accent, by the way. :)

~eve

[royalgia]

Thank you very much

[ginoboc]

bella lezione grazie, thank you

[murdelabop]

This is exactly the video I've needed on playing tremolo! Thanks! Vielen Dank!

[RaminK10]

Excellent video. Thank you very much.

[BBEros]

Keep Up The Good Work Man ! Congrats From Argentina, this helps people... Thanks !

[MrMurre1967]

thank´s for a great video...really helped...

[mkhkknn]

grazie

[kRichshaa]

thank you

[sanctumovdarkness]

thank you my friend.

[manowar4die]

thankyou so much , great video !

[badboy20071994]

Thank you very much :) for your leasson it helped me a lot!

[MohamedTheWise]

thanks but plz can you give some tips on how do the tremolo on the 2nd string cause it is much more difficult than on 1st string

thanks any way

[nightmaresc]

how much time did you practice to play at that speed? i'm learning playing guitar now and i like tremolo a lot :D

[paologeminiani]

Speed is not a matter of pratcise as much as it is of a God given ability. Practicing will help you improve your technique and in turn that will optimize your speed to a certain extent. In other words practicing will take your potential for speed at its maximum level.

[ZebNemeth]

I had to practice for about 2 hours, sporadically spread over 4 weeks, amongst other techniques.

[BaZoOKeT]

thank you, from Brazil!!!

[DC180]

thank you! great lesson!

[divanegra]

Thank you Mr Geminiani, is a great tuttorial!!

[xDAHVEEDx]

I know you said this in the video, but can you tell me the chords so I can write them down.

How long do you think it will take me to learn this as well as you or any other great classical players?

[xDAHVEEDx]

so this exercise requires the AMI fingers to play the high E string correct?

and then the rest is a pattern for the thumb?

[lamgia83]

Yeah! Thanks you very much! Now i can know PAMI Tremolo

[saadabdulaziz]

is there a problem if i practice on stell string acoustic guitar?

i dont wana buy new untill i feel i'm playing good. please advise.

[paologeminiani]

Better nylon strings for tremolo. This sort of technique is used with classical guitar.

[camand7]

thank you very much

[cbvillanueva]

Thank you for sharing your method. I will use it.

[sonomabob]

Well Done. You make it look easy.

[brilobite]

Incredible, marvelous explanation, really helped! Thank you, so much!

[BBGEEGEE]

really great.. thanks a lot Paolo !

[gkygrl]

Paolo - Thank you for taking the time to break down the Tremelo and teach it so skillfully. You have challenged me to really practice it and get it right. Thank you!

Diana

NY, USA

[ageist3]

This is the lesson i have been looking for, i know i am going to get so much better now....Thankyou so much!!!!!!!!

[brianhammett]

I am extremely grateful, Paolo. Tremolo is such an impressive and amazing tehnique.

You made it so clear and helped me to solve some doubts

Salvo

[eschelar]

extremely helpful. Many thanks!

Tremolo is such a huge topic.

[MRZEROO]

many thanks paolo,thanks for sharing ur knowledge with us it was a useful exercise

[chris2877]

hi paolo, eigentlich hätte ich dich auch auf deutsch fragen können, da du aus österreich bist, richtig?

[chris2877]

hi paolo, ok, thank you for answering, i hope it will help me by practising.

[chris2877]

sorry, i mean the first string, before thumb strikes

[paologeminiani]

Hi, The ring finger goes back into locked position just slightly after the Thumb has played.

[walkerhernadez]

sorry you can to writte the chords of the exercise become i don´t speak english i don´t understand you can saying

thanks.

[chris2877]

Must the Ringfinger be locked on the 6th String everytime before the thumb strokes? Or is this only the Postion to start the PAMI Tremolo?

[KeeadoMovie]

Excellent, thank you so much

[gormonghast]

I love you...

[mandolearner]

Wow, The most clear session I've ever seen...

Keep it up sir. This has made A LOT OF STUFF clear for me. Thanks a zillion.

Its people like you who make learning classical guitar easy.

[KY0H21]

Excellent! Thanks so much for this very helpful tutorial!

[miamiwinter]

Thank you so much! I've never seen a lesson that is more clear. Beautiful. Time for me to practice now.

[netotube2008]

thanks! you help a lot Paolo. Keep teaching.

congratulations

[Podpiepszacie]

That was fantastic lesson! thanks!

[jahdafario]

dude that was GREAT!

thank you - dan nz

[jllobet]

Thank you so much, very useful video. =D

[brokebacksumbar]

easy to understand to practice tremolo. Thank You Very much, now I can play tremolo

[YazdgerdIII]

Thanks Paolo. Eccellent. Keep up the great job.

All the best

[CT2507]

your gutiar has a nice sound!

[Avieno]

Thank you very much, Paolo! Which are the chords in this exercise?

[GranT931987]

thanks. great help

[Klaudiusz1983]

i like it i will start my tremolo training with this vid

[stevehop2001]

That was great! Do more like this...many more. Better yet, produce full length instructional DVDs. I'll be the first to buy them.

Highest regards,

Steve

[Jelluh2002]

Great lesson, thnq

[petesahatna88]

hey you are from vorarlberg, i am from dornbirn, if you teach in courses i will visit them.....greets to blons

[Hoops0278]

Thank you Paolo, this was exactly the exercise I was looking for - somthing for a beginner that teaches great technique while also sounding great. Keep up the good work!

[ledzeppeng]

Hi paolo! I see you have accent! Are you spanish descent? about the video, thank you very much i saw other videos but tbh this is the one i think it explains better, specially because of your advices about the position of the hand, thank you very much.