Piano Forum
Piano Board => Student's Corner => Topic started by: Bob on December 12, 2010, 03:46:08 AM
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Full chord tremelo, chord being split between both hands. A transcription so it's going for an orchestra sound. Good strong end note.
Octave in the LH. Chord in the RH -- But it's nice to the RH because it's 1 3 5. It could be worse.
A little cramped in that it's written right in front of me for both hands. I find it easier to be a little farther away or have one hand out away from the body a bit. But this is right in front of the body. If I move my body left or right that will put the other hand in an even more cramped position.
My tremelo is moving fast enough. I don't have enough control over it.
How do I take care of that?
I think practicing octaves may have slowed things down a bit. I guess I'll have to up the tempo on how fast I'm quasi-tremeloing with octaves. I think I might be a little muscle bound for tremeloing now. ::)
Any ideas? I'm thinking the ultimate solution is to slowing work up the speed from rhythmic split octaves into a real tremelo. Maybe work on relaxing my forearm muscles to ease things up a bit.
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There's a 6 page long tremelo exercise at the end of Hanon, I know it helped me with my tremelo!
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What helped with my tremelo was practicing with the metronome and working up to a faster pace. Also make sure that your muscles are relaxed enough. I had a problem with my forearm muscles getting tight and then I lost speed and eveness. If you keep the muscles relaxed it will help your tremelo stay even and consistent.