Learning Tremolo for Classical Guitar through Recuerdos de la Alhambra
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This player does an admirable job of playing Recuerdos. Listen to him play without watching the video. He has the ability to play the tremolo well, but, gradually, you will hear the thumb and the a-m-i become more and more separate. Especially around the 3 minute mark of the video. This emphasizes the amount of endurance as well as conscious relaxation needed to play the piece. I would suggest a bit more rubato and some more dynamic changes in the piece to really bring the performance up a notch or two. Overall, though, a very good job.
With the smooth integration of the thumb and fingers in mind, I began my practicing today.
1 - A great technique for really being able to determine what you are doing is to mute all the strings with the left hand while practicing speed bursts (see day 6 for more info on speed bursts). By muting the strings, you can really hear whether your rhythm is even during the speed bursts. Remember to hear (in your head) an even rhythm before each speed burst. If you can't produce an even rhythm then slow down your tempo or take a break in your practicing.
2 - Yesterday, I spent some time doing speed bursts with the flamenco tremolo or p-i-a-m-i. I may incorporate this into my practice more later to see if that makes the p-a-m-i tremolo easier.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
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)
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)
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