Re: tremolo with tuplets
I don't think practicing playing with accurate time, when you're playing tuplets, is that much different than practicing playing, say, 8th notes in time. If you want to have fine control over how you play in tempo, the first step is to play the subdivisions of the beat accurately, whether it's quarters, 8th notes, or tuplets.
Awhile back we discussed a Buck White tune from the Bluegrass Extravaganza album. Buck was clearly playing six to a beat, except when he pushed the tempo a little bit and got more notes in. The background mandolin (probably Dawg) was playing a harmony part, also metered but behind the beat so the note changed an instant behind Buck. Both parts were examples of a metered tremolo, played expressively. The exceptions prove the rule, I think!
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