inhale tremolo...
Hello David; I've lost my ability to do a tremolo on the inhale and partially on the exhale all of a sudden! I might get a couple inhale "coughs", or a few more on the exhale using the throat muscles, then it changes to a diaphram type breathing. It was fine a couple days ago. Is there a chance I overdid it and would benefit from resting my throat muscles for a couple days? Has this ever happened to you or perhaps one of your students?
My inhale tremolo is slowly returning. I think I overdid my practice the day before my post. i did a marathon practice session, practicing well over than twice my usual. My inhale tremolo is still erratic as hell, light years from your smooth, controlled and soulful tremolo. Under most circumstances I'd only use it for the duration of a whole note if that, right?
Learn something new every day, huh?
Great, that's good to hear. Tremolo is used commonly at the eighth note level (downbeat eighth note), so eventually you'll have it everywhere. You can of course start with using it on longer notes, but eventually you'll increase your usage of it.
Thanks David. I'm assuming it should get more rapid, smoother, and dare I say "effortless" over time. Like everything else, a matter of reps?
Also I'm liking Sharon's latest lesson video. Very helpful.
You're right, all of the above. Just have faith that it will sound better every day with use. Great to hear about the Sharon's videos.
As always David I greatly appreciate your encouragement. Speaking of tremolo, Sharon has a pretty good command of it. Is that partially due to she being a singer?
My pleasure. Not in this case... singing tremolo/vibrato is different than how it's done on the harp. So, in her case, it's the same as yours, just persistence :-)
Hello mainmark. This is very strange... I haven't heard of this before. I guess a couple of days of rest can't hurt.