The most perfect Guitar lesson about Starting and improve Tremolo Technique,I have started Tremolo 18 month ago and now in progress,I suggest if someone starts Tremolo,begins with this Musician advises in this Video... it works very good!!
@@no-rq7fp different hands require different practice is the conclusion I have come to. I am speaking from my own perspective as well. Brad's advice has really become a touchstone for me for evenness of rhythm and stability at higher speeds. Of course Pepe's emphasis on relaxation and accenting different parts of the quadruplet helps too, but nothing has helped my tremolo as much as this video.
I've started learning the Larghetto tremolo practice in Sagreras Book 3, Lesson 4. I've never been able to master the tremolo and thought I would start with something simple. My original idea was to start with eighth notes like you did, but with p a. Then triplets with p a m. And finally the finished product with p a m i. But your method seems much more astute. And your description of WHY one plays tremolo was a true AHA moment. Thank you.
I'm back here 3 weeks after I first clicked on this video (10+ years playing but I couldn't play tremolo). I followed these tips, which are great, and practised. I can now play "una limsona..." :-)
Nice smoothness in your fingers... The tremolo, I've been attempting tremolo on and off for years, but your video I've been practicing this last couple weeks , day by day (m-40,42,. 44 .....208)... and going around again---it takes time, more practice better I get ...thanks "TCG" 5 STARS! --Van
Been at this now for 40 years..time for me to give up I think. Even if I get the speed I completely lose the volume. I ll never know how the hell you guys ever mastered tremelo technique. Sounds so incredibly cool too..bah humbug !
@@Thisisclassicalguitar Your most welcome teacher. It would be a great help, if you could upload more level up videos. And also how to make different types of melodies with different chord progression, and play songs on tremolo. There are no lessons on internet regarding this. If there would be few melodies and simple songs' lessons, it would get us close to become performers.
1 hour later - yep, this is the fastest tremolo warm up i have tried - very happy. Even better than the pima/pmia/pmai variations i have been using thus far.
Interesting approach Bradford, I'll try it. This biggest problem I have with the tremolo is after about 3 minutes of keeping it even, I have to concentrate hard to not tense up. By the time I get to the end of the piece, my right arm is burning.
Could be you have some tension issues, aim for precise placement of nail on the string for clarity of sound rather than volume and try to ease off the pressure.
Hi.. love your lessons and great feeling of the songs that you play.. I was wondering if you had ever tried the Flamenco type of Tremelo. they do ... PIAMI instead of PAMI.... I wonder if that extracount wold throw off the Musical bar count?.. I like the PIAMI style as the Index is right there after the P is done.. Just wondering thx for all of your stuff..
Well, lots of classical pieces are specifically written for a four note tremolo so I wouldn't usually throw in an extra note. But especially in flamenco you can spice it up so go for it. It doesn't throw off your beat count, you just play a quintuplet (5 notes per beat).
In this video I'm playing a Marcus Dominelli guitar which I no longer own. You can see all my current gear here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/classical-guitar-store-reviews/
Well, you can do anything you wish but it depends if you are playing a composition that requires a particular texture. If you're writing your own works or improvising than anything goes of course.
@@Thisisclassicalguitar I am a guitar beginner. Just wondering why I don't see people do that... maybe it's much harder or just doesn't sound better that way...
The Barrios piece is " Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" from the Vol. 2 complete works : www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/complete-guitar-works-barrios-sheet-music/
Hi, can you please tell me the name of the song you are playing? I’ve tried to make out the title as you stated it within the first 30 seconds but I just can’t decipher the name. Thanks for all you do, have an awesome day.
Wondering : Brad, I notice your guitar is padded/protected at the chest and elbow of the right hand. I’ve never seen that. Could you explain what that is, it’s material, and does it seem to affect overall sound ? Is that a simple add on or require a luthier. Interesting.
I been trying to speed up my tremolo but it doesn’t sound fluid as it should beit sound like galloping. Pls kindly tell me how to correct it and what am I doing wrong.. thank you in advance.
the second i add any speed at all the notes no longer have time to ring out. The act of touching the string to pluck it with my middle and pointer finger muffles the notes before they get a chance to sound. Are you playing with your fingernails?
1 hour a day is good but it depend on what you practice and how your practice. The quality of your practice, and whether you are actually improving is the key. I have a few lessons on practicing here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lessons/
Well, it depends on your overall level of technique. Check out this article: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lesson-well-rounded-technique-and-m-a-scales/
Thanks for the practical exercise. I notice my pinky getting stiff while practicing rather than remaining in the fist-position. I'm not litterate enough to describe it better. Is this OK or should i focus on the finger not moving; it's basically in the same position as how royal english people drink their tea.
1] Demonstrate the technique. 2] Talk about whatever. 3] Break down the technique. 4]Talk about whatever. 5]Re-demonstrate the finished technique and the name. 6] Talk again. 7] You are talking for 5 minutes THEN playing. 8] Bookend your techniques so each technique occurs BEFORE/ DURING EXPLANATION / AFTER EXPLANATION . suggestion for more viewers- more references of techniques.
Ah man! You RUINED it in the last minute! It was a great exercise until the end where you start talking that typical egotistical guitarist BS..... "Oh, it's SO easy". Even that FACE you're making while literally saying ""it's really just an illusion" says it all,,,,, "I'm SO GOOD, this is SOOO easy". WHAT IS THAT?! What IS it with you guitar players describing what took in most cases YEARS & YEARS of practice as "easy, simple, an illusion"?! NOW that YOU'RE able to do it effortlessly, you wanna describe it as being "effortless"?!??! NOW that you practiced so much that it's easy, you want to describe it as "easy". That makes as much sense as a body builder finally being able to bench press 500lbs after yrs of lifting weights & taking steroids daily & saying "it's REALLY just an illusion, it's not actually that much weight, it's actually really easy". Yeah no sht Sherlock, it's easy NOW! But it for damn sure wasn't easy the first time you tried. It was a great exercise for 10 min, but you ruined it with that last min of typical guitarist ego bs. Rant over
Oh my, should I give you a refund for the lesson? What I say in the video is that the musical result of tremolo is an illusion as continued from the description at 1:41 (the illusion of a sustained melody), I never say that the technique is easy or an illusion in terms of practicing. That said, it actually isn't crazy difficult if you have a well-rounded technique and have reached the intermediate level (which takes years of course). I don't know of any tremolo works that are below the intermediate level and if the right hand is well trained in scales and arpeggios I've never had a student who can't play tremolo. Trying to play it at the speed of a professional classical guitarist is unrealistic of course, but it can still sound very good at the student level.
@@Thisisclassicalguitar I misunderstood you, my apologies. Being a guitar player for practically my whole life, this particular thing drives me nuts bc it's something I've heard over & over again from guitarists when I first started playing & I still hear it today 25 yrs later, despite now living on another continent all together in the western world. Are you a professional classical guitarist? I suppose I'm wondering approx what the speed would be that you're saying starts getting unrealistic? I just started the famous tarrega recuerdos de la alhambra song a few months ago & am getting better at doing it all the time, I'm hoping I'll have it in a year. Yours was the first exercise I ever did to try to get better at it apart from simply practicing the song. It's a good exercise, thanks
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The most perfect Guitar lesson about Starting and improve Tremolo Technique,I have started Tremolo 18 month ago and now in progress,I suggest if someone starts Tremolo,begins with this Musician advises in this Video... it works very good!!
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GREAT! Finally a method that works. I've been struggling with trem. for 30 yrs - got farther tonight than in the past 29 yrs364d
Glad you liked it!
Really great approach, thanks so much!
Nice. The methode works for me. Thx
Lol
Most effective tremolo lesson so far for me. Everything about it is deep rooted here
This is hands down the best video on tremolo that exists on TH-cam.
Maybe this spanish girl, she knows
th-cam.com/video/JKXu0orMDqg/w-d-xo.html
Check out Brandon Acker's tremolo vid too - it is really good.
A Ch agree
I'm pretty sure I've seen them all, but to me Pepe Romero's is the best
@@no-rq7fp different hands require different practice is the conclusion I have come to. I am speaking from my own perspective as well. Brad's advice has really become a touchstone for me for evenness of rhythm and stability at higher speeds. Of course Pepe's emphasis on relaxation and accenting different parts of the quadruplet helps too, but nothing has helped my tremolo as much as this video.
Fantastic! I’m vacationing without my guitar and had “fun” trying this technique with my “air” guitar. You inspire
Ik iam late but you can do it on a table or something
I've started learning the Larghetto tremolo practice in Sagreras Book 3, Lesson 4. I've never been able to master the tremolo and thought I would start with something simple. My original idea was to start with eighth notes like you did, but with p a. Then triplets with p a m. And finally the finished product with p a m i. But your method seems much more astute. And your description of WHY one plays tremolo was a true AHA moment. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Thanks very much. I've been struggling with tremelo for years and this is really helping.
Great to hear!
Excellent tutorial!
I'm back here 3 weeks after I first clicked on this video (10+ years playing but I couldn't play tremolo). I followed these tips, which are great, and practised. I can now play "una limsona..." :-)
Great to hear! Glad you found it helpful.
Oh, dude, that middle finger focus is so nice. So so nice. Subbed.
Awesome video Brad!! 👍👍👍
I love your RH finger movement.
This is such a great method. I really improved even though its my first try. Thank you
Glad it helped!
A game changer for me. Thank you so much for this. (I only think about P,A,M) & the "I" just happens on it's own!! Subbed.
Glad it helped!
@@Thisisclassicalguitar Top Man!! =)
Nice smoothness in your fingers... The tremolo, I've been attempting tremolo on and off for years, but your video I've been practicing this last couple weeks , day by day (m-40,42,. 44 .....208)... and going around again---it takes time, more practice better I get ...thanks "TCG"
5 STARS!
--Van
Glad it helped!
The was very helpful, I'm just starting tremolo and this will help a lot.
Nice one, liked it!
Been at this now for 40 years..time for me to give up I think. Even if I get the speed I completely lose the volume. I ll never know how the hell you guys ever mastered tremelo technique. Sounds so incredibly cool too..bah humbug !
Best tutorial ❤❤❤
this guy's lessons are PRIMO!
Primo!
Awesome, thank you! I always complicate these things way too much in my brain, this made it much easier to wrap my head around it.
Glad it helped. Also check out this video: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lesson-well-rounded-technique-and-m-a-scales/
Excellent learning technique THANK YOU ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you Bradford.You are a great teacher and make it look easy to learn this technique.Hopefully I can master it👍🙏😉
Best online teacher!
Violão que você está tocando tem o som belíssimo!
New sub..I’ve always been a hobbyist but I’m trying concentrating on improving myself.
Thanks for these videos.
Thank you so so much !!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you Brad. Another superb lesson.
Good tuition, thanks for posting
You teach guitar very good, thanks!
I must say this is an amazing level up lesson.
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
@@Thisisclassicalguitar Your most welcome teacher. It would be a great help, if you could upload more level up videos. And also how to make different types of melodies with different chord progression, and play songs on tremolo. There are no lessons on internet regarding this. If there would be few melodies and simple songs' lessons, it would get us close to become performers.
Does the same exercise/technique still apply for a piece written in 3/4 time, like Recuerdos de la alhambra for example?
Thank's.
Love the plants!
Actually, someone wrote saying they watch the videos to see how my plants are doing. Forget guitar...
This is Classical Guitar Love it!!
Helpful - gonna try this method. Your tremolo is great, BTW.
1 hour later - yep, this is the fastest tremolo warm up i have tried - very happy. Even better than the pima/pmia/pmai variations i have been using thus far.
Interesting approach Bradford, I'll try it. This biggest problem I have with the tremolo is after about 3 minutes of keeping it even, I have to concentrate hard to not tense up. By the time I get to the end of the piece, my right arm is burning.
Could be you have some tension issues, aim for precise placement of nail on the string for clarity of sound rather than volume and try to ease off the pressure.
Very valuable lesson, thanks for sharing!!
Hi.. love your lessons and great feeling of the songs that you play.. I was wondering if you had ever tried the Flamenco type of Tremelo. they do ... PIAMI instead of PAMI.... I wonder if that extracount wold throw off the Musical bar count?.. I like the PIAMI style as the Index is right there after the P is done.. Just wondering thx for all of your stuff..
Well, lots of classical pieces are specifically written for a four note tremolo so I wouldn't usually throw in an extra note. But especially in flamenco you can spice it up so go for it. It doesn't throw off your beat count, you just play a quintuplet (5 notes per beat).
This is awesome, this channel is awesome, You're awesome. Thank you!!
Excellent lesson! Thank you for this
Amazing
Thank you. I would like to learn that tune. You make it look easy.😄
Muito bom exercício
Nice lesson ... I need a nice and fast tremelo's notes ,do u know some of it ?
Hi - Could you please tell me what Barrios song you mentioned for tremelo?
Thanks!
Una Limosnita Por El Amor De Dios by Agustin Barrios
Great class!! Thank you.
What is the maker & model of that guitar you are using? It’s a beautiful guitar 😍
In this video I'm playing a Marcus Dominelli guitar which I no longer own. You can see all my current gear here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/classical-guitar-store-reviews/
@@Thisisclassicalguitar You are awesome! Thank you so much for your classes and sharing this info. 🙌🏽
Thank you.
You're welcome!
I am wondering if one can play the p together with one of a/m/i to make the tremolo sound more even? For example: (pm)imi(pm)imi or (pa)mi(pa)mi
Well, you can do anything you wish but it depends if you are playing a composition that requires a particular texture. If you're writing your own works or improvising than anything goes of course.
@@Thisisclassicalguitar I am a guitar beginner. Just wondering why I don't see people do that... maybe it's much harder or just doesn't sound better that way...
Thank you. Can you tell me the first position for the piece please and the name of the piece? Thabks
You are awesome.
Thank you!
Thanks
What a great lesson! The metronome sound simple but good and it looks like you had control it easily. What metronome model is that ? Please advise! !
All my gear (metronome included) can be found here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/classical-guitar-store-reviews/
Thank you for your lesson but can you please give me the name of this partition.
The Barrios piece is " Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" from the Vol. 2 complete works : www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/complete-guitar-works-barrios-sheet-music/
@@Thisisclassicalguitar thank you for your answer now work 😜
How long does it take to play tremolo technique properly?
Hi, can you please tell me the name of the song you are playing? I’ve tried to make out the title as you stated it within the first 30 seconds but I just can’t decipher the name. Thanks for all you do, have an awesome day.
Una Limosnita por Amor de Dios by Agustín Barrios!
Also known as "La Ultima Cancion". - "the last song" - it was his last composition, apparently.
"Easy" isn't the word I would use to describe this lol. This helped a lot though.
Wondering : Brad, I notice your guitar is padded/protected at the chest and elbow of the right hand. I’ve never seen that. Could you explain what that is, it’s material, and does it seem to affect overall sound ? Is that a simple add on or require a luthier. Interesting.
Armrest for classical guitar, here's an article: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/armrests-for-classical-guitar/
Thank you brad, some great tips and idea s there , getting tremolo to sound even is hard
what I'm really struggling to improve fast on, is the timing of the tremolo on any strings between both E's. I feel like my hand tenses up ;/
Quality input man what are your thoughts on plastic nails?
There are great synthetic nails these days, I know lots of pros who use them...
I been trying to speed up my tremolo but it doesn’t sound fluid as it should beit sound like galloping. Pls kindly tell me how to correct it and what am I doing wrong.. thank you in advance.
Go to my lesson page and scroll down until you get to the section on Tremolo, there are 5 lessons there: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lessons/
the second i add any speed at all the notes no longer have time to ring out. The act of touching the string to pluck it with my middle and pointer finger muffles the notes before they get a chance to sound. Are you playing with your fingernails?
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And that’s the trainer, instructor or motivater!. You really make awesome 👏🏻 job. Thank you, inspires me a lot
Happy to hear that!
Have you tried kremona solea? In comparison to the Cordoba c10, how do you think it compares it is it a better guitar
I would like to if I can get my hands on one.
@@Thisisclassicalguitar thanks I'll keep watching
Perfect
Perfect!!!
Sir how many hour should we practise to achieve the level you have achieve I bearly practise 1 hour a day
1 hour a day is good but it depend on what you practice and how your practice. The quality of your practice, and whether you are actually improving is the key. I have a few lessons on practicing here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lessons/
How long does it took for you to learn this technique?
Well, it depends on your overall level of technique. Check out this article: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/lesson-well-rounded-technique-and-m-a-scales/
Un sueno en la Floresta - Milan Dimitrijevic
I don't have enough ring finger middle finger independence. When I hit with A, my middle finger wants to come in too early.
Same with me
Sounds like my bf
What's the name of this song
El Ultimo Tremolo by Agustín Barrios
I very like this is classical guitar.
Nice to hear!
I practing everyday . My finger right hand dont perfect. So i loved your tremolo!
Nobody, Does it better
.
Like him
What's the name of your guitar?
That one is a Dominelli but you can find a list my current guitar and gear here: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/classical-guitar-store-reviews/
This is Classical Guitar thanx allot 🌷
Como se llama esa melodía?
Una limosna por el amor de Dios
@@michaelpulazza6798 Gracias
Oh my god look at his fingers flow
Thanks!
Thanks for the practical exercise. I notice my pinky getting stiff while practicing rather than remaining in the fist-position. I'm not litterate enough to describe it better. Is this OK or should i focus on the finger not moving; it's basically in the same position as how royal english people drink their tea.
Sounds like a tension issue, maybe try playing lightly and soft and aim for relaxation and then slowly reintroduce more volume.
That right hand is very mesmerizing 🥴🥴🥴
666 likes when I watched it.... I'll change that to 667! :)
I'm so Unco---
1] Demonstrate the technique.
2] Talk about whatever.
3] Break down the technique.
4]Talk about whatever.
5]Re-demonstrate the finished technique and the name.
6] Talk again.
7] You are talking for 5 minutes THEN playing.
8] Bookend your techniques so each technique occurs BEFORE/ DURING EXPLANATION / AFTER EXPLANATION .
suggestion for more viewers- more references of techniques.
Ah man! You RUINED it in the last minute! It was a great exercise until the end where you start talking that typical egotistical guitarist BS..... "Oh, it's SO easy". Even that FACE you're making while literally saying ""it's really just an illusion" says it all,,,,, "I'm SO GOOD, this is SOOO easy". WHAT IS THAT?! What IS it with you guitar players describing what took in most cases YEARS & YEARS of practice as "easy, simple, an illusion"?! NOW that YOU'RE able to do it effortlessly, you wanna describe it as being "effortless"?!??! NOW that you practiced so much that it's easy, you want to describe it as "easy". That makes as much sense as a body builder finally being able to bench press 500lbs after yrs of lifting weights & taking steroids daily & saying "it's REALLY just an illusion, it's not actually that much weight, it's actually really easy". Yeah no sht Sherlock, it's easy NOW! But it for damn sure wasn't easy the first time you tried. It was a great exercise for 10 min, but you ruined it with that last min of typical guitarist ego bs. Rant over
Oh my, should I give you a refund for the lesson? What I say in the video is that the musical result of tremolo is an illusion as continued from the description at 1:41 (the illusion of a sustained melody), I never say that the technique is easy or an illusion in terms of practicing. That said, it actually isn't crazy difficult if you have a well-rounded technique and have reached the intermediate level (which takes years of course). I don't know of any tremolo works that are below the intermediate level and if the right hand is well trained in scales and arpeggios I've never had a student who can't play tremolo. Trying to play it at the speed of a professional classical guitarist is unrealistic of course, but it can still sound very good at the student level.
@@Thisisclassicalguitar I misunderstood you, my apologies. Being a guitar player for practically my whole life, this particular thing drives me nuts bc it's something I've heard over & over again from guitarists when I first started playing & I still hear it today 25 yrs later, despite now living on another continent all together in the western world. Are you a professional classical guitarist? I suppose I'm wondering approx what the speed would be that you're saying starts getting unrealistic? I just started the famous tarrega recuerdos de la alhambra song a few months ago & am getting better at doing it all the time, I'm hoping I'll have it in a year. Yours was the first exercise I ever did to try to get better at it apart from simply practicing the song. It's a good exercise, thanks