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Exitao
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Joined: Mar. 13 2006
From: Vancouver, Canada
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RE: Finger Nails (in reply to srshea)
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ORIGINAL: srshea More important that the length of the nails and how many millimeters they extend past the fingertip is the actual shape of the nails, specifically the edges. This thread: Nailz really hits the nail on the head (hey-o!), and was a breakthrough for me. I haven’t checked the Pumping Nylon video that Ricardo and others frequently recommend, but the book Art of Classical Guitar Playing by Charles Duncan has a really good chapter on nails where he goes into quite a bit of detail about different nail types, arching, “ramping”, etc. The book’s not really worth buying for that alone, but definitely worth checking out at the library. Pumping Nylon describes angles and different nail types. It's worth looking at for the diagrams. Some nails are flat (mine) some are curved (these tend to be stronger, shaped like an arch), some hook up or down (these ones need to be kept short enough to stop the hook from interfering with play). IRC he is one of the people who suggest wrapping a piece of sandpaper around your guitar strings, hold your guitar at the angle you usually play and drag your nails accross it as though you were playing, the angle it shapes your nails at is likely to be ideal for your playing style.
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Date Feb. 6 2009 22:14:59
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Moloko
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RE: Finger Nails (in reply to berha)
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I used to have long nails too a long long long time ago, you need to get used with shorter nails, that's for sure, it won't happen overnight. In my experience i found that a round shape is easier to play, since you don't have to take a lot of care looking your right hand angles, it's ready to go at any angle, besides, the nail gets easier to break or wear out and produces a poor sound. I mean, its a good shape if you have a bad technique (i used to have round nails)! A flat shape (like some fellas described above) has a big round tone and it makes the nails much more difficult to break or wear out, but it's not so easy to get used at the beginning because of the odd edges of the nails, that is, you need to improve your technique to get used to it, but it is worth it!!
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