Whether it's flemenco guitar, acoustic guitar (i really hate it on acoustic), or even mandolin, I simply have never liked the sound of tremolo. No matter the tempo of the music I can just never find myself saying, wow that really fits, or that really sounds good. And I don't mean my own playing either, I mean on anything, anywhere, any music.
I guess the mandolin is the best instrument for tremolo - I guess if I had to choose my favorite then it would be mandolin. But I really don't want to play it. Here's the problem however, I cannot find a good substitute for tremolo. What else do I do when I come to a part in music that just screams for tremolo? You know the classics where God comes down and says, YOU HAVE TO PLAY TREMOLO HERE OR LOSE YOUR SOUL FOREVER! I guess I'm not good enough because I don't know what else to do.
You know violin can just play the same note forever to fill in that space, piano has sustain. For those that hate tremolo too, what do you do? Is there some other technique that will fill the space?
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