Ricardo -> RE: Lost Battle - Won Battle (May 11 2015 19:44:50)
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Lot of people go through this. I personally think this issue can be resolved in about 2 weeks. The enemy of the nails are two things. 1. carelessness 2. rasgueado That is all really. To battle no. 1., one has to be diligent and learn to: 1. file nails correctly every day...even when they short, anybody can get started on this right away. 2. Use the left hand to do mundane tasks such as opening doors and grabbing things. For awhile anyway, until it becomes natural to be careful with what and how the right hand operates on a daily basis. 3. Technique. Learn the proper way to do rasgueados, the way to attack, how hard or soft to do it, same for all other techniques. The nails shape and length end up being a big part of technique and musical execution. Doing bad movements can damage the nails. Lots of folks don't even realize how say, the shape of a nail affects your wrist or thumb position. It is all tied together. For no. 2, assuming you do proper rasgueados (a major assumption), some form of protection must be used. Depending on how aggressive and active you are as a player. For some, a light nail polish is enough, for others glue is needed. Once you go the fake nail route, it is hard to get out of it...I would say it is NOT necessary. Pro players inevitably find themselves in an awkward postion to do it or suffer on a gig. I learned long ago to suffer one gig is better. Krazy glue is the way to go. It has to be FRESH, new bottle, and once opened, keep it in a zip lock back...treat it like food that can spoil, and when it is bad you will know because it won't dry properly, or flake off easy...it must be discarded. Again, take care whenever using such products. I am not affraid to play without glue, I know to BE CAREFUL and make it through gigs with a wide dynamic range, saving up hard playing for certain moments. If the sound is bad, I dont' try to play louder or whatever, it is pointless. Just being careful and playing normally will be fine .... but be aware the more often this is done, the nails are getting worn by rasgueados...as if you are filing them from the top and thinning them out. That is what the Krazy glue is for. YOu file the glue down, NOT your nail. Anyway, good luck man. Ricardo
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