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Teach me how to do a legendary Tremolo Pick Slide
Joined: Nov 10, 2000 Posts: -180 |
Posted on Apr 19 2006 09:45 PM
I have been playing guitar a long time, and everytime I hear dick dale do one of his whopping tremolo pick slides (like on his cover of pipeline) I am wowed. I am relativly new to the surf style of playing, so any tips on pulling off a killer tremolo slide, I am all ears. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california 
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 03:48 AM
well...start at a slow tempo at first... 8th notes on the picking hand... slide your fretting hand slowly down the low E string while playing consistant 8th notes...start at fret 12 and see if you can make it to open E...consistancy on the tempo of picking and sliding will produce the best sound... if that's too easy...try 16th notes... as you raise the tempo, you'll start sounding more and more like Mr. Dale (or the Chantays) in no time... -dp |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 03:59 AM
oh, one more thing i forgot... turn your amp up really loud...the magic energy of pure volume will inspire you into the ethereal realm of DickDale-ness... that should make a wicked-tremolo-staccato-pick-attack-slide all the more easy to achieve... good luck, |
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Joined: Nov 10, 2000 Posts: -180 |
Posted on Apr 20 2006 03:38 PM
ill give it a some practive, thanks |
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Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 260 Oceanside, CA
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Posted on Apr 23 2006 11:50 AM
You might want to try some different picks, too. If the ones you have are too soft, the precusiveness of tremelo picking is lost. If the pick is too hard, you may find that your attack needs improving. I use all kinds of picks. Lately I have been using a lot 1.5mm and 2mm full size stubbies. They aren't flat like typical picks. Strumming with them is different, but single note runs are a lot smoother for me. But starting slow and gradually ramping the tempo is the best advise. Good luck and keep practicing Redd Tyde |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 309 Springfield, Oregon |
Posted on Apr 24 2006 06:37 PM
Are you talking about the glissando, or does the tremelo actually come into play? |
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Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 260 Oceanside, CA
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Posted on Apr 24 2006 07:58 PM
I believe he is talking about glissando. Dick Dale isn't a trem bar player. |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 309 Springfield, Oregon |
Posted on Apr 24 2006 08:08 PM
Thanks, I was goin' nuts trying to figure out what a tremelo pick slide was. I prefer the upper register dribble anyway. |
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH
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Posted on Apr 25 2006 08:45 AM
Is that contagious? |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19279 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 25 2006 09:27 AM
Tremolo picking is the strict musical term for what we call double picking. Naming the vibrato bar a tremolo bar is totally wrong, but something we apparently have to live with now. See also the "Vibrato Channel" on Fender amps (i.e. its really a tremolo effect). —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Nov 10, 2000 Posts: -180 |
Posted on Apr 25 2006 04:33 PM
i guess some people never took a formal music class to learn the correct termanology |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 309 Springfield, Oregon |
Posted on Apr 26 2006 12:26 PM
Very, better use rubber gloves. (Hmmm... having an idea for a new band called "the Latex-tones" now...) Brian is right, tremelo and vibrato often get confused. Vibrato is frequency (pitch) modulation, while tremelo is amplitude (volume) modulation. Stigger, here's another tip: try muting the string a bit with your palm while you're double-picking if you want it to be drippier. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Apr 26 2006 01:34 PM
muting with the edge of the palm during staccato pick attack sounds great! mike's right...mucho drippage... -dp |
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Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 260 Oceanside, CA
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Posted on Apr 26 2006 03:44 PM
Wonder which way this conversation would have turned if "The Vibrato" bar was referred to as the "The Whammy Bar"? Another bad choice of words by a marketing department I assume? |
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Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 343 North Hollywood, California
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Posted on Apr 26 2006 09:29 PM
Don't get discouraged. I find that it takes a lot of practice, and I still have a few misses. —My Web Site - Tunes - Pictures - Guitar Projects - Hard Rock Cafe Guitar Pins |
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Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 265 San Antonio, TX |
Posted on Apr 28 2006 08:15 PM
The band would have to stink. —<img src="klzzwxh:0000"></img> |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 309 Springfield, Oregon |
Posted on Apr 30 2006 01:45 PM
You mean musically, or in an olfactory sense?
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Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 265 San Antonio, TX |
Posted on Apr 30 2006 07:52 PM
Like the Germs. "Why the name the Germs?" "Isn't it obvious? Because we make people sick." —<img src="klzzwxh:0000"></img> |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 309 Springfield, Oregon |
Posted on May 01 2006 05:56 PM
Hey, them people was already sick before we even got there, and no one can prove otherwise. |
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Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 3 Newburgh, IN |
Posted on May 19 2006 11:50 PM
Brian, as so much info on trem picking has been shared through the years, it'd be nice if it was collected from the waning surfguitar101 list and posted as a Sticky somewhere in the forums. |
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