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Is this tremolo too fast for strings?
Short answer: It's kinda sorta barely okay.
First of all, the triple slashes are normally interpreted as an unmeasured tremolo; i.e., each player will simply bow as fast as seems comfortable, and the ...
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How to play a tremolo between a rest and a note? (piano sheet)
It's a mistake in the score. Those are supposed to be the beams for two grace notes on B and D#. Below is an image from the score on IMSLP.
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Why is this tremolo here instead of a trill?
The distinction here is presumably one between a measured tremolo and a trill open to your interpretation.
With the trill, you can determine how quickly you play it (16ths, 32nds, triplets, or ...
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Multiple staccato dots on minim with tremolo repeat in Lilypond
One possible solution could be based on this snippet for multiple tonguing.
\version "2.20.0"
tongue =
#(define-music-function (parser location dots) (integer?)
#{
\tweak stencil
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How do you notate a tremolo of indeterminate length?
Something like this should be clear.
Responding to your comment:
OK, just one or two trem. bars then. Or this. (Whoops, I forgot to erase the time signature.)
BTW, have you tried playing it? Not ...
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Multiple staccato dots on minim with tremolo repeat in Lilypond
A very simple solution would be to just places some bold full-stops in a markup, and align if necessary:
(to maintain the staccato effect in the midi file, sill use the normal staccato dot but \omit ...
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How to know if you are tremolo picking in time?
That tempo is, arguably, too fast to count (is a bit above 10 notes per second). But you don't need to literally count (out loud or otherwise) to hear whether you played 2, 3, 4, or more notes... you ...
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How do people play fast tremolo on guitar (with a plectrum)?
Here is an interesting interview with Jeff Waters, at the beginning he speaks a lot about picking hand technique:
To summarize:
Practice a lot
Vary the tempo
Analyze ...
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What does it mean when there is a slash through the stem of a note?
This is a specific kind of tremolo called a "measured tremolo." It means repeating the same note a steady, measured rate.
When a quarter note has one slash through the stem, you play two equal notes ...
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Extra tremolo beams in timpani part
This sort of looks like what the beams would be, if you wrote out the roll as an 8th note plus all 16ths. Not quite though, I think the 16ths would all be beamed together in each beat. So really, this ...
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What do three bars across the stem of a note mean?
Whether it is tremolo or not depends on the tempo. I mean how fast is the quarter notes? If the tempo is slow then you can play the 32nd notes exactly as 32nd notes. If the tempo is fast then it is ...
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What is the proper shorthand notation for a multi-measure chord tremolo?
The third option is best: re-notate the tremolo in each bar. Depending on how long the tremolo continues, a "repeat previous measure" sign could be used.
The tremolo should be notated using ...
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Lilypond tremolo and tuplets
The dots are "correct" in the sense of the following convention: the tremolo notation means to fill the length of the note (here it is 3/16 = 8th with a dot) with notes that correspond to ...
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The Song "Spanish Guitar": How is this played on piano/keyboard?
Welcome. It looks like you’ve done some research on this beforehand, which is good. The relevant sections of the PDF you provided are here in two images:
Arpeggio
What it looks like in this piece:
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How do you notate a tremolo of indeterminate length?
Solution A
A fermata may be placed over the tremolo bar and can stand alone or in conjunction with other solutions. In addition to the fermata used here, there are notations for "long" and &...
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Is it possible to get a mandolin style tremolo on an acoustic guitar?
The answer is yes - see the flamenco guitar below for example
https://www.atrafana.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques--tremolo.html
Interestingly his right hand technique ...
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Is it possible to get a mandolin style tremolo on an acoustic guitar?
The mandolin's two string coursing means you get the sound of unisons in a single "note", but also it also means the plucking of the pick on each string is slightly offset in time. You can ...
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Is it possible to get a mandolin style tremolo on an acoustic guitar?
I think, first and foremost, they have thin arched bodies that give a punch. Lots of attack and not much sustain. One standard use is using that percussive punch the snare sound, the Chop. If your ...
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How well can professional oboe players tremolo between G/B and Eb/G?
Those tremolos are easy for oboists at almost any level. The G-B tremolo involves just two fingers moving together. Eb-G requires three fingers to move together, the player can leave the E-flat key ...
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Are slurs necessary for a piano tremolo, and if so what does their presence indicate?
The slur is just there for visual clarity (optically bracketing the otherwise isolated parts), since there aren't beams joining the notes.
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Do the three bars connecting these notes mean something other than 1/32nd of a beat?
It's tremolo notation. Others have offered literal notation of the result. While one or two slashes are played as a 'measured tremolo' with specific note lengths, three slashes generally indicate ...
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How to adjust floyd rose tilting forward?
Getting more springs is one solution, but by far the simplest thing with the type of trem you have is just to tighten those two screws in the back, pulling the claw further forwards. In combination ...
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Do faster tremolos with a pick require developing muscles in the wrist and how long does it take?
No, it's almost never about muscles, it's about technique and relaxation. You do want to actually practice it slowly, try to use as little of the pick as possible, find a pick angle that works, and ...
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What does this mean (the treble clef part) and how to play it?
It looks like a tremolo. It is played as a oscillation between the top two notes (I'm guessing a A and a D) and the lower note (I'm guessing an F). The dotted half-note (written on each stem) ...
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How do you notate a tremolo of indeterminate length?
Normally these sorts of passages are written using smaller notes which usually add up to more than a normal bar. I think your passage would be perfectly clear if you were able to write the solo in ...
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How do people play fast tremolo on guitar (with a plectrum)?
The Kubi example you posted isn't tremolo picking - I only hear metered 16th notes. Tremolo is more of a continuous sound.
There are two factors: first, the pick is angled to allow the point to "...
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How do you play a tremolo attached to a stack of notes on a piano?
Strictly speaking, Musescore will play back the first image like the second image - 32nd-note octaves. Pretty unreasonable, but the first image's music is arguably written incorrectly.
If those ...
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How to know if you are tremolo picking in time?
Four subdivisions of 160 is definitely possible to keep track of with the ear and with the body. It's certainly not impossible even to count out loud, though it becomes a bit silly and slurred into &...
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