Day 8 - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Learning Tremolo for Classical Guitar through Recuerdos de la Alhambra

1 - Learn Recuerdos by learning the right hand tremolo technique first - learning the left hand fingerings first will result in attempts to try to integrate both hands to soon.

2 - Get in a nice, relaxed frame of mind and body before practicing. Try yoga to loosen up.

3 - Speed bursts (see day 6 for more info on speed bursts) - right before you do the burst, hear an even separation of the notes (an even rhythm) in your head. Example - while you are playing each note on the beat, hear the even tempo of the speed burst tremolo right before you actually do the speed burst.

4 - Listen for spaces in between the notes as well in order to develop an even tremolo.

5 - If you can't play even tremolo during a speed burst- quit playing the speed burst and go back to playing every note on the beat, hear the even, speed burst tremolo in your head and then try again.

6 - for more volume - don't play on tips of fingers so much, get more of finger involved.

7 - speed bursts on 2nd, 3rd strings can be very helpful

8 - Practice tremolo often with the thumb and fingers as far apart as possible (span of 1st to 6th string)