Tremolo Exercises - 3, 4, & 5 fingers

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A rambling lesson about how to develop the classical 3 finger tremolo, two versions of the flamenco 4 finger style and a 5 finger exercise.

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[SiT1986]

Aff! I always get stuck on the a. My rest strokes are clearly used to playing with i and m from bass guitar, but it's so difficult getting that a in there. I have problems with using all three on a good angle. Normally I'd slant them to the side, because that was the way I was always taught. I don't know if the Aaron Shearer etc. will provide anything.

[hersoveela]

@SiT1986 A classical guitar teacher will provide the answers you want and steer you on the correct path.

[NolitaDenise]

When I play my thumb/P wants to rest. That would be fine and dandy but of course by the time I get to the B string my thumb's blocking the tremolo by muting the E string.

After the zillionth time trying and failing I figure I should just ask for help. How do I break the thumb-rest habit? It's right up there with the jaw-clench habit for making me not advance and "play" worse than need be.

[hersoveela]

@NolitaDenise Resting the thumb is not fine and dandy at all. If you are not familiar with this technique is it called rest stroke. In your case a thumb rest stroke. The thumb is played free stroke. In other words every thumb stroke hits the string it is playing and clears the string immediately below it.

Watch this video

youtube.com/watch?v=v06zL7jNjK­8

I know some flamenco people play tremolo with thumb rest stoke but this will severely limit speed and accuracy... and sounds bad IMO.

[NolitaDenise]

@hersoveela - Thankyou :). Oh I'm not saying it is fine and dandy I'm saying it would be if it didn't throw me off so much. Will watch the video. I was familiar with rest stroke for the I and M fingers. Didn't realize it applies to the thumb as well.

Thank you again. Hoping to get unstuck.

[hersoveela]

@NolitaDenise Just so we are on the same page, I'm saying rest stroke for the thumb is no good in my opinion. This is what your thumb is trying to do. I just mentioned that rest stroke with the thumb while playing tremolo is what some flamenco people do but I don't do this. Obviously these people will disagree with me but resting the tremolo thumb strokes is not a good idea as you have already discovered.

[fingerimprove]

you are goodman

[vandetta13]

nice vid

i was expecting a spanish accent by the way lol

[motorude]

Hey I checked out your website, It was pretty much awesome, thanks for having all of those resources available.

[Rereman4]

1.56 METALICA nothing else matters...btw thanks alot you helped me :)



[salomaodomingos]

Thanks

[Jaime62000]

merci beaucoup

it's a real pleasure



[Morstonaqu]

Thanks! I am new to tremolo and I shall practice :)

[laranjo123]

The 18 people who dislike this doesn't know how to play guitar haha

[jpgarantes]

Thanks for the exercises. They will be very usefull :D

[trustee474]

tnx so much Mr. Soveela.

[vinnypimentel]

great web lesson