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hukkanen
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Posted - 02/04/2004 :  3:38:54 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey all...I was watching the #40 video (12-17-03) and noticed how effortlessly Tim tremelo picks the single strings. Granted, my skills suck and I do try to practice as often as possible. Do the gauge of strings make a difference? Or pick? I have some seriously thick strings and have problems gripping picks thicker than 0.6 mm.

Seth Watters
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Posted - 02/10/2004 :  02:40:42 AM  Show Profile  Send Seth Watters an AOL message  Reply with Quote
By tremolo picking, do you mean like fast alternate picking?
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hukkanen
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Posted - 02/10/2004 :  12:10:40 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My understanding is that tremelo picking is rapid picking/strumming of a single or series of notes to give an almost continuous tone/sound.
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Saint Jude
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Posted - 02/10/2004 :  1:06:23 PM  Show Profile  Send Saint Jude an AOL message  Reply with Quote
tremelo picking is for example. you have a chord, and have thumb pluck lets say the root, then have 3 or 4 of your fingers play the top (usualy melody) note then the thumb (usualy on a different note) them mellody again. ill try to tab out an example.

lets say its an Em9 (6/8 time)

e--555-555-555-555-555-555-555
B--------------8---------------
G---------7--------7-----------
D-----5----------------5-------
A-7------------------------7---
E-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The hard part is to get the high string to sound consistantly smooth. takes alot of practice to get good at.

hope that helps

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