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| JTR |
Posted - 11/18/2002 : 1:37:53 PM
I always feeling I'm doing this wrong, and watching Tim do it makes me feel wronger... I always put my hand down on the E A and D string and kind of rest it there while I tremolo on the top three strings. I can't tremolo if my hand is hanging in the air, and I can't do it resting my pinky by the soundhole either. What I do gets the right sound, but I know this method needs to be improved, mostly because I can't tremolo the top three strings. Any tips, or descriptions of how you do it might be helpful... |
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| pcbTIM |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 5:21:13 PM
Thanks. No need to erase it.....it can be used for reference later on. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 4:56:08 PM
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Originally posted by pcbdmb
Ummmmm.......what's tremolo picking?
picking as fast as you can, just in case you would want it, here is an article that explains(if you already know how but just didn't know the term, then tell me and i will erase this)(just trying to help:)
Tremolo Picking
The use of tremolo picking is an easy way to play fast phrases, with a minimal amount of effort. With tremolo picking you are playing the same note 3, 4 or more times in rapid succession.
For tremolo picking, the way you hold the pick and the movement that you make differs from normal picking.
When picking normally, the motion is mostly coming from your wrist.
When tremolo picking, bend your thumb a little, and make the motion come more from your arm.
The best way to think about the motion of tremolo picking is this.
Use the very tip of your pick. Don't let more that a millimeter of the pick drop below the surface of the strings.
Angle the pick a little by bending your thumb slightly. This will help the pick glide across the strings more smoothly.
The side of your thumb will gently brush against the surface of the other strings, while the pick drops just below the surface.
Tremolo picking is easiest if you play all of the notes in a phrase on the same string. That way you don't have to lift your right hand up to make the transition to another string. Of course you shouldn't always do what's easiest, but that is a good place to start.
When notated, tremolo picking uses 3 diagonal slash marks through the stem of the note.
Just repeat the note as fast as you can for the indicated duration. There is not a set number of times that you will pick the note.
Learn to play scales on a single strings, not only for use when playing tremolo picking licks, but for improvising in general.
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| JTR |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 1:03:48 PM
I've noticed on some videos TR puts his hand on the bridge, but in others when he does some fast picking like in Stream, he just rests his pink below the soundhole. Both ways appeared equally effective for him... Of course everything does. |
| JTR |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 1:00:34 PM
I think I'm going to go back and just start picking with my pinky planted below the soundhole and pull out the old metronome. I figure I got a month of freetime to work on it during winter break, so should be able to re-learn how to pick and also increase my speed as well. Just can pick that fast with my hand hanging in the air... |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 05:27:26 AM
Ummmmm.......what's tremolo picking? |
| ngetal |
Posted - 11/20/2002 : 05:25:23 AM
get a tremolo pedal to do the work for you :)
sometimes i use 2 tremolo pedals for more atmospheric music the band 'my bloody valentine' did this all the time its a cool trick |
| Street-Samurai |
Posted - 11/18/2002 : 9:33:27 PM
I like resting my hand on the bridge behind the string that I'm picking. I tend to stay away from resting my pinking because it inhibits moving from one string to another. I also angle the pick a little so it slides of the string easier. If anyone has any tips on moving from string to string I would like to know because I can't do it very smoothly. |
| GuitarGuy305 |
Posted - 11/18/2002 : 5:30:13 PM
I know what youre saying, I still have trouble with that sometimes as well. I do it on the top three strings by resting my pinky below the soundhole. Which takes some practice and forming of technique in itself.
Getting better at it, in my opinion, simply comes from practice. I can do it well probably about 90% of the time, when I must, and I don't do it often with the style that I play.
Practice, practice, practice.
Adam |
