Google AI says EVH's tremolo picking was only 210bpm

General Music Discussion
#1

That’s gotta be b.s. right? Shit sound ways faster than 210bpm on eruption right?

#2

Google’s free tier of Gemini is pretty hobbled, the search version more so. I would go count notes on something this niche rather than trust it.

#3

I mean, the AI response points back here, and I’m sure Troy was accurate in measuring it.

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#4

Yeah if it just cited Troy then I’d agree haha

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#5

Fair enough but am I alone in thinking it sounds faster than just 210bpm?

#6

I swear there is a video where @Troy clocks his wrist tremolo at faster than that but I can’t seem to find it. You’d think his iconic forearm motion was even faster? :thinking:

#7

All due respect to the legend EVH, but I have never seen any sort of crazy wrist speed from him.

There was, I believe, an audio-only post here from a late '70s show where there was trem picking at around 16ths @ 230bpm, but this was assumed to be the forearm technique.