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trivium91 -> RE: Nail shape for different guitar techniques (May 22 2024 15:22:21)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
The shape should not change. I agree that longer might feel better for arpegio/tremolo. The shape should be a flat filed angle, meaning don’t round or contour your nail to the tip. You should have more white material on either one side or both sides compared to the middle (depending on the ramp or if straight across). I have a ramp going up away from thumb on index, and a ramp going up away from pinky on the ring, but middle is essentially straight across. Now I say flat or “straight” referring to a 2 dimensional plane, but the nail is 3 dimensional. The third dimensional arc is ideal such that on the middle finger, for example, you rest the flesh on the string until two points contact the string. As you traverse the 2D plane, the string travels the arc along route until the two points converge and release somewhere along the flat line 2d plane, near the middle of the arc. Some people don’t have a good arc in the 3D so they have trouble actually setting up the plant on flesh and two points on the nail. For these folks I recommend use CA glue, as it bends the nail after drying into that nice 3d Arc that you need for good tone. The length depends on how steep you tilt the arc into the file but the file, again should only be filing FLAT in 2D.
If you have a ramp, the idea is you only have one contact point on the low side of the ramp, that releases, again, somewhere along that arc. Why do I use opposite ramps on index and ring? Because when I bend my fingers the two fingers curl inward toward the palm at opposite angles, were as middle finger moves straight down. I have noted some classical players, unlike flamencos play with a straight wrist, such that relative to the strings, the fingers always attack at an angle, never straight on, so they will necessarily ramp fingers all the same direction.
Here you can read opinion from a convert on foro, that went from no nails to what I suggested at some point.
http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=256919&appid=&p=&mpage=1&key=&tmode=&smode=&s=#257457
This is super helpful Ricardo, I found through trial and error I needed the same ramp on index and 'a' finger, which is also opposite of each other. it makes my thumb rest stroke arpeggios more uniform and less choppy. I ramp my middle finger the same as my index but I think I will try straight across as you do. Just sucks as once you make a change to the nails it takes a while to grow back until you can try something else.
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