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How to unlock my tremolo

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Wed, 05/14/2014 - 07:02
Ralph
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I'm glad to realize that you make a series about tremolo and vibrato in your Tip of the Day.

I currently practice to unlock my tremolo and my flutter too from the triplet rythm. It would be nice if you could say something about the process and approach how to unlock it because it's difficult for me since a while to get an satisfying performance.

Thank you

Ralph

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Wed, 05/14/2014 - 07:21
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David Barrett
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Good morning Ralph. I have not developed any concepts for this. When I bring this up to a student I instructor them to go a tad faster and that's the end of it. Possibly you're overthinking it? Try playing your tremolo and flutter a little faster... not to a specific number relative to a metronome, just faster. Let me know how this goes.

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