Tremolo Picking

Ever hear that metal song where it sounds like the guitarist's right hand is going to catch on fire? It's not. Here's how you pick very fast with very little effort.

In this lesson, we will teach your how to apply tremolo picking for use in death metal genres and speedy songs.

Have you just about given up on playing with faster tremolo picking technique? Don’t quit just yet! You are probably making the common error of thinking that faster hand speed leads to faster picking. This is not how it works! Let me tell you why...

This beginning guitar lesson will show you how to play a tremolo. A tremolo is a technique which involves a rapid up and down motion of the pick.

From the September 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar.

When guitarists alternate pick a note at a very fast, unspecified rate, it’s called tremolo picking. The pickstrokes are not set to specific note values; instead, a player picks as fast as he can steadily maintain. This technique is particularly common in mandolin playing.

An introduction to fast guitar picking used in rock and heavy metal. Learn how to tremolo pick and get to grips with basic speed picking.

The Best Method For Playing Tremolo Picking Guitar Technique With Unbelievable Speed - an article by Tom Hess.

In another lesson about tremolo we covered the general idea of this rapid-picking technique. Since tremolo picking offers the guitar player many interesting possibilities, we thought it would be a good idea to explore a few more in-depth exercises here.

A Short guide on how to controll, use, and effectively use Tremolo Picking to play fast!

A selection of beginner-level guitar exercises for learning tremolo picking, focused on black metal.

Wish you could tremolo pick with incredible speed, but are unable to do it no matter how hard you try? Chances are, you believe in the same myth as most guitarists - the myth that merely moving your hands quickly gives you the power to play faster.

Tremolo means a modulation in volume; in the context of stringed instruments, usually refers to repeatedly striking or bowing a single string in a steady rhythm, especially the fastest rhythm the player can maintain. (This technique is particularly common on the acoustic mandolin.) In guitar literature, this is called tremolo picking, and one of the few places the term "tremolo" is consistently used "correctly" in guitar literature (whose convention usually reverses tremolo and vibrato).

Here's a lesson on tremolo picking techniques for playing Black Metal guitar.

Showing you some exercises to get your right hand in shape to do some tremolo picking, which is rapid alternate picking of one note, like what you hear at the end of Van Halen's solo on "Beat It" for example.

Guitar tremolo picking shows up in nearly every style of music that accommodates electric guitars. Moreover, it’s not necessarily a lightning-fast technique. Some of the best acoustic guitars are also ideal tremolo picking instruments. Even a consistent sequence of quarter notes could be handled using some form of tremolo picking. But how do we do it? How do we learn the technique?

Increasing your tremolo picking speed on guitar is easier than you think. Learn how it’s done by practicing the exercise in this article.