![]() ![]() Don’t play heavy and don’t play each note so individual.” The tremolo needs to be smooth, fluid like water….like a little stream. Silva advised his students to “….loosen the fingers and play lightly. It is important for the right hand fingers to be “on” the strings, caressing the strings, and not “flying” or with an exaggerated motion. Silva always emphasized the creation of a mellow tone by using more flesh than nail for this reason, the nails should not be too long. The tremolo should have a smooth, singing quality. ![]() The touch used to produce a good tremolo is very important. Vladimir Bobri wrote in a 1948 Guitar Review article that “the advice given (by Segovia)… many years ago was to play rapid arpeggios until they were perfectly even and then practice the tremolo.” ![]() It is interesting to note that the great Spanish guitarist Andrès Segovia (1893-1987) thought of the tremolo as “an arpeggio on a single string”. ![]()
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