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Complete Study Of Tremolo For The Classic Guitar Written by Vladimir Bobri. Instructional book for guitar. With standard notation, introductory text and instructional text. 17 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.FC03046) See more info…

Karl Wohlwend offers his thoughts on the tremolo technique via quicktime audio recording. And you can read through suggestions and tips for developing the tremolo technique on a blog he helped with (which may be the best resource on the net for learning the tremolo technique) at recuerdosdelaalhambra.com

Classical guitar news provides a very basic introduction to the tremolo technique on classical guitar. This is a good article to get you started if you are completely new to the tremolo technique on classical guitar or even if you just need a quick refresher. I disagree with their tip to start by bringing the left hand into the process. I’d rather start with the right hand alone. Like their thought on sympathetic motion: “When all three [fingers] are ready, extend them to their starting position at the same time as the thumb is moving in to perform its pluck.”

Another interesting tip: “Simply play at a slightly slower speed than normal and then instead of playing pami, try other sequences, such as pima, pmia etc. ” I’ll have to give that a try and report back.

The Washington Guitar Society has a couple good tips on their classical guitar tremolo page. Play a scale using the tremolo on each of the scale notes. Also, they provide an example from the School of Tarrega for switching strings while using the tremolo technique.

Stanley Yates offers a good tip for practicing the tremolo for classical guitar. I really don’t think I can summarize it here so go to his page and check it out.

Philip Hii offers one of the better articles on the net about tremolo technique for the classical guitar. Not sure what he means about the “hand bouncing” exercise but I do like his thoughts on practicing the tremolo on muted strings, starting out with a tremolo version of Romanza instead of Recuerdos, and on speed bursts. This article is not for the beginner but more geared for the intermediate classical guitar player.

Delcamp.net has an interesting discussion in its forum on developing the tremolo technique for classical guitar. Read through the several posts (three pages at this point in time) of the users and see what you think.

Some posts of note: “I’m an advocate of slow practice BUT the slow practice has to be done correctly or else it will only create a ceiling above which your tremolo will never rise. I had a student who was doing the slow tremolo practice “with planting” as instructed in Duncan’s book. He had been doing it for weeks with no progress. I had him do it for me. It was easy to see why he wasn’t making progress. He was practicing tremolo in a way that could NEVER be speeded up.”

“‘I can’t remember which online source it was, but it suggested playing it really fast, right off, and add control later.’
I have to admit, that may be the worst advice ive ever heard on any forum, anywhere.”

Douglas Neidt has a great article on the tremolo technique for classical guitar. I really like his thought on setting the metronome to beat on p and m stroke and to accent the m stroke. A must read for anyone trying to develop their tremolo technique.

Secrets to Mastering Recuerdos and the Tremolo Technique is a great guide book that takes you through the process of learning and developing the tremolo technique.