How Do You Play Tremolo On Classical Guitar?
Tremolo is a technique used in a wide range of classical guitar music genres. By sounding one note repeatedly and rapidly while playing a melodic line over it, the guitarist creates the effect of a sustained note droning under the melody. To play tremolo well requires steady rhythm and technical accuracy. Select a note on one of the two higher strings. Use you ring, middle and index fingers to play the note slowly over and over again. Keep your hand relaxed, and make the notes as fluid and connected as possible. Choose a familiar chord such as G. Sound the bass note, G, with your thumb followed by the fifth, D, played with your ring, middle and index fingers. Do the same and strike the chord’s third, B, with your thumb. Alternate between G and B in the thumb, continuing the tremolo on the D. Play broken chords in this manner over and over slowly to develop technique and steady rhythm. Set a metronome to keep tempo. Increase the tempo only when your playing is smooth, relaxed and perfec
