I'm a beginner starting with the B maybe E! What's it called when picking on 1 string back and forth quickly? I'v looked and looked, can't find any words to describe it. Usually I see it done when someone is playing tab. Thank you so much,
I'm a beginner starting with the B maybe E! What's it called when picking on 1 string back and forth quickly? I'v looked and looked, can't find any words to describe it. Usually I see it done when someone is playing tab. Thank you so much,
Tremelo.
There's lots about it on the Forum.
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Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
I believe you are referring to tremolo, though I assume you are doing it on one course of strings.
Here is a nice video on tremolo technique:
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