A New (Better?) Way To Do TRILLS on Guitar!

Give it a go, tell me what you think. I've had a lot of success with this new way of trilling, especially when I'm fatigued on stage.
Thanks everyone!

[isfet]

Classical guitarist here. That technique is used often by classical guitarists.

[nhproductions]

Tony "trill" Iommi
Definitely, he made them one of the coolest techniques.
Thanks for the video (-:

[Gwynstborn]

It looks awesome too, Steve Vai would approve. As i was typing this, you said his name. Wow i feel smert!

[josephfish]

This seems so obvious, but I've never seen anybody do it before. I will definitely be trying this out, it just sounds better. I'm a lefty that plays righthand so I've been focusing on the hand that keeps dropping the pick. Playing some SlipKnot has helped me build stamina and gain a little control over my pick.

[kyleturner]

So this way of doing trills is Interesting because I used to do them guitar hero style with two fingers from different hands going back and forth on on fret. But I’ve tried this method and I works just as well.

[tbone]

Wow. I never thought of that. Awesome!

[corneliuswilliams]

My favorite trill guitarist Albert Collins and SRV.

[beaverrow]

thats actually *so* awesome - my hands suffer bad from arthritis but this makes trills much easie.

*alos, *love* the tshirt - show us your chops!

[marks-bphf]

I invented that technique although "at the nut" for myself at 16 years old, 42 years ago. Yep, necessity is the mother of invention. Pretty sure I came up with it to play the trill in the Bridge of Sighs intro. Yeah I know the trill is not That long, but we liked to stretch things out in the 70s lol, and like you said, sometimes the fingers be weary.

[markartinVA]

I think it sounds different because using one finger lends itself to uniform timing, attack, and pull-off. Adding a finger changes all of that. Another option would be to tap the trill, but that also changes the sound because it’s harder to replicate the pull off motion that’s otherwise pretty natural for your neck hand to do. Always cool to explore new ideas though

[irajohnston]

Way sick dude. Definately gonna add this to the arsenal.

[CarrigansGuitarClub]

Man, if you had of been born in the 70's you would have been in a mega band in the 80's....top tips (more Van Halen)

[oilers]

An excellent tip and one that should come in handy for me as trills have always been a huge weakness of mine. I used to rarely perform two handed tapping where I'd tap the same note being hammered on by the fretting finger but never really integrated that into my playing style. I never thought of trying this though and I could see myself getting a lot of mileage out it. Thanks Mike!!

[rangamsarmah]

Damn this is pretty awesome, I do this a lot and then tap at the trilled fret at the same time, alternaring between the ring, middle and the tapping finger, and that would create like ear piercing trills which sounds insane.

[ramahadranhennessy]

I’ve been doing this one for over twenty years. You can also intersperse your tapping hand/finger into these, or even insert the tap behind the major 2nd, or ahead in other places. Trick is to make it clear and, to work around your own fingers with accurate timing.

[Marklar]

I use this technique on piano for the same reason, it's easier on the hands, but I'll play about 3-5 trills with one finger then switch to the other because it's easier to keep the tone consistent than switching every note. I have a feeling the difference of sound comes from less time between each hammer-on note. This technique is actually more similar to the repeated note/multiple finger technique on piano because of how quickly one can come after the other.

[BlackMarketHoney]

Awesome. It has a kind of gallop feel to it.

[michaelaugust]

To me, it sounds like your ring finger produces a slightly brighter tone than your middle. My guess is that it has to do with how close the finger is to the fret when it performs the hammer on. It really does produce a more dynamic sound!

[saddestchord]

Hey I did this when I was young, too. I'd trill a full step with two fingers, but using the second finger made it easy to throw in a half step in there now and then. It sounded really cool with Alice in Chainsy type stuff, and even some Hendrix kinda stuff. I doubt I can do it now but I'll mess around with it. Haven't thought of that in a long time.

[wannaberabbi]

This is cool! Stevie T does a similar thing but with tapping.