Flamenco guitar lesson - 4 finger tremolo Pmami

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Flamenco guitar technique video lesson - 4 finger tremolo - Played with the thumb (P) followed by four fingers (mami). This is the flamenco tremolo I prefer. The more common pattern is Piami but I find Pmami much smoother and more controllable.

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[IRowyI]

instead of growing nails arent finger picks an alternative ?

[hersoveela]

@IRowyI Definitely not. I wouldn't dream of it in my worst nightmare. All I can say is try it for yourself. It may work for simple picado passages but that's about it. The problem is that finger picks will just get in the way big time and hook when you do other things like arpeggios or rasgueados. Why would you want to change a perfectly workable and proven traditional system that has been around for a very long time. If finger picks were a viable option, Paco de Lucia would be using them.

[gonnaeacha]

Say I have a Three note per string pattern, How could I do this the Quickest? Ive been going P-I-M, and/or I-M-A ascending, and the reverse Descending. Is this going to work? Or should I take one way and stick with it through out the scale?

[hersoveela]

Do whatever works best for you

[forgettingheath]

hey so any advise in the growing of your nails. Mine always seem to break off before they are long enough and its driving me crazy

[hersoveela]

Please read my article about nails at my website

Sal

[Ezequielfdu]

Thanks for the video! I tried playing the tremolo using P-I-A-M-I but your techniquesis much more efficient. thanks

[biglonestar1]

これはフラメンコ奏法ではありません。

[metalhead654]

OK so just wondering...it seems like paco pena and de lucia do rest stoke with thier thumb when hiting the bass notes in tremolo. Does it just look like it or is that part of the technique too?

[SeniorSmurf1]

@hersoveela partialy because long nails can look sick... but its worth it in my opinion

[Daltonator87]

@hersoveela dammit, i rock climb alot and can't have long nails!

[PhilWithCoffee]

@IRowyI I thought about that myself (I got the idea from watching banjo players), but arrived to the same conclusion as hersoveela, Using your finger-tips is a very viable alternative, however you'd get a much different, softer sound. During the Renaissance period, traditional lutenists plucked using their fingertips and not their nails, so you'd be in good company. Because of my work ,I can't have long nails; it's just one of those things us lay musicians have to put-up with.

[IRowyI]

ah i see, well i have finger picks.

but yeah, i prefer nails aswell