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My guitar teacher pointed out that my picado has a nail sound on the the G, B and E higher strings. I never noticed it until now, though he said I need to play right where the nail meets the flesh, he believed that I was sticking the string to much on the flesh and it was slapping the nail before plucking. Thats fine, so I slowed it down and im pretty much already striking it correctly, fast or slow the sound is still there. is it just my nails? I will say I have angled nails, otherwise they catch and my index is hooked so I file under it. I should also say my teacher is classical, so it's possible he could be directing me to focus on this nail sound where it's not necessary in flamenco. I would post a recording but you can't hear it in recordings unfortantely. The only other thing I can think of is growing my nails, but I recall a year or two ago when I was learning flamenco on my own, having nails much longer than the flesh slows down the Picado.
RE: Nail sound when performing picado (in reply to trivium91)
Most of the times my students get a nail sound because of the nail shape, when it is round and they play straight on the strings. Just get them flat and the nail sound disappears. Or else you have to change the angle of attacking the strings.
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