ring finger nail shape

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athrane77

Posts: 785
Joined: Feb. 6 2011
From: Reykjavik

ring finger nail shape

I noticed that the pinky side of my ring finger nails is hooking on the strings. I ramp it like this: \
and it hit's the string on the pinky side first and than travels to the thumb side.
Have you any ideas to solve this problem?
This feel of resistance is very annoying while playing.
Thanks!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 7 2017 12:09:23

Dudnote

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Joined: Nov. 13 2007

RE: ring finger nail shape (in reply to athrane77)

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ORIGINAL: athrane77
I ramp it like this: \

Did you try ramping the other way like this / ? I.e. just remove more nail where it's snagging.

Recently I've had similar issues with the thumb side of my index. Ramping & filing very very short where it snags is definetly the easier of two possible solutions.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 7 2017 13:47:23

ToddK

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RE: ring finger nail shape (in reply to athrane77)

yeah, file it down on that side.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 7 2017 18:26:26

jalalkun

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Joined: May 3 2017
From: Iraq, living in Cologne, Germany

RE: ring finger nail shape (in reply to athrane77)

one thing that bugs me a lot is the outer side of my thumb nail which hooks into the strings while playing pulgar. I don't know if filing it down is the solution or just working on my technique. because I see a lot of players who have a rather flat and not round thumb nail but dont get their thumb hooked.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 7 2017 23:06:10