Learning the tremolo may be as simple as learning to play relaxed
May 23, 2007
I’m five months into my review of the tremolo technique, and I keep coming back to the same observation. Learning the tremolo or, for that matter any classical guitar technique, may ultimately be about learning to play relaxed (or playing without extraneous tension). I may have made too broad a statement, so I’ll try to focus it more. Maybe in trying so hard to learn something new, we are actually ruining our chances at success. Perhaps “trying” is far removed from “doing.” And maybe “trying” gets in the way of “learning.” The book, “The Inner Game of Tennis,” keeps coming to mind. Are we too much in our own way to make any progress? This brings into question our traditional notions of what constitutes practice as well.
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