Classical Guitar Lesson #5: Tremolo
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(Sample pieces can be seen at: http://members.aol.com/lutemann/book1.jpg
Substitute in “2″, “3″ or “4″ to see pieces in other volumes.)
Book 1: “The First 30 Days of Instruction”. $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. The student will learn eight notes in the open position on the 3rd, 4th and 2nd stings, and a handful of simple rhythms — all pieces and exercises are played with P stoke only.
Book 2: “The Next 30 Days of Instruction”. $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Rests, ties, the division of the beat and eight new notes — E, F, G on the 1st string and the open 5th and 6th strings – are covered in this volume. The rest stroke with ‘i’ and ‘m’ is introduced . A few solos are included.Sample Piece can be seen :http://members.aol.com/lutemann/book2.jpg
Book 3: ” Bass Notes”. $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Since reading ledger line notes is difficult for beginning students , I devote a whole volume to learning B and C on the 5th string and F and G on the 6th string. Many solos are included.
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Book 5: “Arpeggios”. $9.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling.
Contains pieces based on the most important arpeggio patterns including five tremolo pieces. There is also a complete section on playing ragtime guitar along with first position versions of Leyenda, Recuerdos De La Alhambra, Malaguena and a tremolo version of Romanza. This books brings you right up to the intermediate level.
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What’s your (or …
What’s your (or anyone’s) idea of playing classical guitar with the tips of your fingers, instead of using your nails? Some people do not have the opportunity to grow their nails (due to work, or other reasons).
I always sound muddy, when playing classical. Good tips on that are also welcome. Thanks!
this gets crazy …
this gets crazy awesome at high speeds
look up recurdas de alhambra guys
Get some finger …
Get some finger picks, I’m sure they are pretty cheap to get!
i know what you …
i know what you mean.. a good tip is to buy finger picks.. they atach to your fingers and sound like playing with a regular pick.. just ask your guitar store clerk.. if they’re smart.. they can help..
I first learned …
I first learned Ludwig Van Beethoven- Fur Elise.. and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Quartet 15
You really don’t …
You really don’t need long nails on your i m a fingers, and for the thumb a fleshy tone isn’t that horrible (since you normaly play basses with it)
The idea is to pluck the string with the nail by kind of “hooking” the string on the nail, between that and the flesh of the finger.
you still need …
you still need enough length not to touch the string with the tip of yuor finger but the nail only inf you dont want a buzzing sound
You don’t need long …
You don’t need long nails to play Classical Guitar anymore. The current wisdom is to keep your nails short, not much past the tip of the flesh, and learn to find the “sweet spot” that is a contact point with both nail and flesh on each of your fingers. It would help to find a CG teacher, someone who studied CG performance in college (not a rock guitarist at a music store). My teacher talked about one of his students who is having trouble advancing because his nails are too long.
This sounds like …
This sounds like good advice.
This is very bad …
This is very bad Classical Guitar advice. Study with a good Shearer teacher for about 6 months then come back and tell us how you use the nail/flesh combination.
OMG, why are you …
OMG, why are you giving Classical Guitar technique advice when you have never studied Classical Guitar??? At least very Luteman’s instuction videos before posting such dangerous advice.
Hay un tremolo muy …
Hay un tremolo muy conocido por las caracteristicas que explica, me podrian decir si alguien sabe, muchas gracias
oh just stfu and …
oh just stfu and gtfo
really a excellent …
really a excellent tip but does it have to be at absolute point where the nail meets the flesh or should it be the same point in each finger no matter exactly where. and thanks againg this thing really brings me the headache every time i pluck a string i look at my finger tip, very confusing
thanks very much i …
thanks very much i keep watching ur videos when i get stuck thanks but can u give a bit of advise about where exactly the finger tip contact the string from the inner side or from the out side thanks again
Thanks alot ,, this …
Thanks alot ,, this really helped me ! =)
I wrote a …
I wrote a gypsy-like classical guitar part in one of my bands songs, and part of it requires me to learn this technique. So many thanks for uploading this.
Have you tried it …
Have you tried it with “staccato”? It get really outstanding.
does anyone know …
does anyone know where I can download a pdf copy of the book advertised on the right hand side of the video?
I don’t know if …
I don’t know if this is good advice or not because I couldn’t listen to it. I rushed to turn off the speakers.
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COOL VERY excellent …
Like there’s some invisible weight. 
COOL VERY excellent Tutorial! My fingers feel weird and kind of cool.
jejeje where is the …
jejeje where is the tremolo?
Tremolo as in the …
Tremolo as in the technique.
whoops, I been …
whoops, I been doing a m i, for my tremolo. For a long time too. Guess I’ll try it this way.