Classical Guitar Lesson #5: Tremolo

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(Sample pieces can be seen at: http://members.aol.com/lutemann/book1.jpg
Substitute in "2", "3" or "4" to see pieces in other volumes.)

Book 1: "The First 30 Days of Instruction". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. The student will learn eight notes in the open position on the 3rd, 4th and 2nd stings, and a handful of simple rhythms -- all pieces and exercises are played with P stoke only.

Book 2: "The Next 30 Days of Instruction". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Rests, ties, the division of the beat and eight new notes -- E, F, G on the 1st string and the open 5th and 6th strings - are covered in this volume. The rest stroke with 'i' and 'm' is introduced . A few solos are included.Sample Piece can be seen :http://members.aol.com/lutemann/book2.jpg

Book 3: " Bass Notes". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Since reading ledger line notes is difficult for beginning students , I devote a whole volume to learning B and C on the 5th string and F and G on the 6th string. Many solos are included.

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Book 5: "Arpeggios". $9.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling.
Contains pieces based on the most important arpeggio patterns including five tremolo pieces. There is also a complete section on playing ragtime guitar along with first position versions of Leyenda, Recuerdos De La Alhambra, Malaguena and a tremolo version of Romanza. This books brings you right up to the intermediate level.

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[Estonianwoodsman]

hello. i was intriqued by what you said about the "i" working in alternation with m and a. my teacher and i talked about sympathetic motion with tremolo, and as i practiced i found that the alternation does indeed happen naturaly. i was just wondering, is the alternation of the i something that Shearer talks about in his methods?

[Lutemann]

No, Christopher Berg came up with this idea first, I believe.

[MrRfyl]

How do you make the sound smooth without galloping? It is not demonstrated in this video.

[Lutemann]

Once you can play the tremolo at 150 mm (four notes to the click) continuously without fatigue, then you take it back down and work on evenness with a metronome. the mistake that most people make is working on getting it even before they have a efficient motion.

[chopin65]

This may seem like a dumb question. I sometimes get buzzing on repeated notes. Could nail length and shape have much to do with this? Or is it my wrist position. I am self taught so I must learn on my own.

[Lutemann]

Not dumb. It could be a lot of things. Getting a good teacher might be the solution. Find a teacher from the Shearer school.

[DjosueD]

You have hands right? And you obviously have a good working brain.

You have no excuse to surrender. Keep trying. You will be surprise of the things you can do.

Best wishes.

[KonnichiwaSushi]

COOL VERY excellent Tutorial! My fingers feel weird and kind of cool. :D Like there's some invisible weight. :P

[chudnovsky]

great lesson thank you

[TheMonkeybutler20]

you sound a bit like sam kinison

[drfeelnothing]

Excellent lesson

[ipoodaily]

@edspyhill01 it differs from people. that's a stupid assumption ur making. john williams' thumb is the shortest nail. the rest is long.

[Estonianwoodsman]

@Lutemann that's interesting. i need to get his book.

[kendohmassif]

Good vdeio, no other video breaks down the technique like that!

[lia01reg]

THanks so much for this video. Not many people go into specific detail like you did - thanks!