How To Read Music: Tremolo
A tremolo in music is another way of abbreviating notes, just like the arpeggio. Tremolos are horizontal slashes put on stems, which split notes in half. This is Part 24 of the How To Read Music series.
One tremolo slash will split a quarter note into 2 eighth notes, a half note into 2 quarter notes, and so on. Two tremolo slashes will split the note again, turning a quarter note into 4 16th notes.
If we use a 3rd tremolo slash, it splits the note so many times that we actually do away with note splitting entirely and we just play repeated notes as fast as possible, regardless of the original rhythm of the note.
Tremolos on whole notes, which don’t have stems, would just hover over them.
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Thank you very much I had the exact questions about the whole notes and 3 lines, and you've answered both of them!
Thanks so much, I have been trying to find an explanation for so long.
@webstergadbois8606
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Glad I could help!
great!
Thank you! This helps as I am learning marching snare
@webstergadbois8606
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good luck in marching band!
Thanks for the information
@webstergadbois8606
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you're welcome!
I would like to ask a question! 🙋♀️ Wouldn't a 1 slash Half Note be split into 4 eighth notes instead? (It's hard to find research on this, but does it split the note in half, or split each beat in half?)
@webstergadbois8606
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Tremolos only affect the notes they're on, not the beats in a measure. Beats in a measure often have the same rhythmic value as notes, like having quarter notes in 4/4, but not always (there also can be plenty of 8th and 16th notes in a 4/4 measure as well, but the 4/4 beat is still a quarter note long). One slash on a half note would become 2 quarter notes. Hope this helps.
What is the difference between measured note and tremolo?
@leonsunu1209
3 ай бұрын
As far as i know, tremolos are supposed to be measured notes but called tremolo when it's a fast sequence of the same notes. Kinda like a rose is still a flower, just a specific kind of such.
What would I do for a eighth note that has one dash?
@webstergadbois8606
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That note would become 2 16ths. The single tremolo dash always splits the note into 2 halves of that note.