In his article “ How to Write For the Guitar”, Julian Bream describes the tremolo as aĭelightful technique on the guitar… This effect should be used very sparingly, and I would advise composers to limit their use of it to extended compositions such as a sonata, suite, or concerto, where it can effectively be used to give textural variety, when all the other ‘stops’ have been pulled!” Many important composers for the guitar, including Francisco Tárrega, Manuel Ponce, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, Alexandre Tansman, and Agustín Barrios have utilized the tremolo in their works. When played rapidly, this technique creates the illusion of a sustained melodic line with a bass accompaniment. The tremolo is a beautiful techniques of the classical guitar: it gives the impression of flow of notes, a continuous thread of sound.īasically it’s made playing a bass note with the thumb followed by three repeated higher notes, traditionally plucked with the ring (a), middle (m), and index (i) fingers.
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