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Paul Magnussen
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 RE: Flamenco Sound (in reply to WGuitar)
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Additionally, my nails grow bent great deal. It drives me crazy.. could that be fixed somehow?
I may have posted this before, but here it is again: I originally wrote it for Guitar International in the ’80s, but the subject come up so regularly that I saved it off:
The solution to this is easy, but almost nobody seems to know it. I owe my knowledge to an article by the late Peter Sensier, in the old BMG magazine. My nails are very hooked indeed, but, using this method I have had no problem for 30+ years. Unfortunately, it is easier to demonstrate than describe.
Hold your hand horizontally, palm down. Then the usual way to hold the file is vertically. But instead, hold the file horizontally too, so that it's parallel to your hand. The basic idea is to file your nails this way, from underneath; then the resulting cross-section must be flat, because the nail-file is flat.
There are a few wrinkles:
1) You will need to tilt the file towards you a bit, i.e. about 15˚ towards the conventional position.
2) You will also need (if you play off the left side of your nails, as most people do, Presti/Lagoya excepted) to tilt your hand to the left a bit, so that nails are shorter on the left side than the right.
3) When finished, round off the nails with the file in the conventional position to remove the resulting knife-edge.
4) Be careful not to cut the quick of your nails with the file — and especially, don't use an emery-board!
Hope this helps.
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Date Oct. 17 2014 18:51:13
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eitanfar
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Joined: Oct. 16 2014
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RE: Flamenco Sound (in reply to WGuitar)
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I personally think that it's up to your level of playing flamenco technique.
I consider myself a beginner, but I do have some experience already. I started out on a classical (Raimundo 130), since that's what I had at home.
At first, learning the basics of some of the techniques (rasgeo, tremolo, picado, etc.) worked almost as well on a classical guitar, since my practice sessions were very technical, and the sound didn't matter that much.
Nowadays, I'm playing some more advanced stuff, and I really started to feel the need to switch. I recently bought a blanca (Prudencio Saez 22 - very affordable by the way), and was really impressed with the difference in sound, and the better playability. It's not just the lower action, but also the weight reduction.
I would suggest that if you're really just beginning to learn flamenco techniques, stay with you classical until you're:
1. Getting better, and feel the need for a better sound
2. Sure that you're going to stick to flamenco playing (if you quit, you will not have wasted the money  )
Hope that helps 
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