How can we play classical guitar without nails? I think so, as I often do it yourself. Many guitarists today and in the past also did the same. Let me tell you the benefits of not nails game and give you some tips!
Sharon Isbin’s classical guitar answers book wrote …
“Classical guitarists can play without nails, but they should keep in mind that they are sacrificing some room tone colors and projection-all of which affect interpretation and musical performances.
I’ve played classical guitar, improvisational jazz and blues guitar over the years and has been teaching other professionally. I played with long fingernails short nails and nails at all.
I’ve seen guitar students struggling with their tone on the guitar. Guitarists problem nails, guitarists don’t care of their nails and subsequently with terrible tone of some guitarists with perfect nails and still not a good habit of crashing.
I also met guitarists played without nails, and I’ve seen electric guitarists finger games without nails as Mark Knopfler and others.
Like almost all have their advantages and disadvantages of different approaches. I enjoy playing without nails for these reasons:
1. it is to find a tone and make the most of your guitar playing without nails. You have to play with the big forces find upper harmonics, and you will have to work even more with guitar. Sloppiness is not allowed!
2. I love the sweet sound of my fingers touching lines. The sound created this mellow but the amount will be satisfactory if you play with force and calousses developed by practitioners.
3. There is a special feeling of participating in the giving of life of the flesh touching the strings of the guitar. You will come closer to this document in any way.
4. of course, you’ll have the advantage of not risking have your nails, broken as you don’t depend on them anymore.
5. you will be able to play piano using the correct finger posture.
6. you can play the electric guitar with your fingers without risking ruining your nails.
I give you some of my own advice and experience of the game without nails.
You can find more information on the Internet, there are many other classical guitar and lute players who want to play without nails. Here are my personal tips:
1. This will take a week or so to build callouses on your fingertips down after filing your nails. This will improve your guitar and tone, but until now you must be careful not to play is so intense that the blisters.
2 How to build a finger picking callouses on electric guitar or steel string guitar. I felt that my guitar Blues is much more music, more dynamic as I play with my fingers instead of picking on my electric guitar. Sometimes I use alternate between my thumb and forefinger when playing scales and licks and other times my forefinger and middle finger or other classical guitar, play path.
3. you will get softer and in many respects more beautiful tone if you cultivate your game without nails. However, you might miss some of the higher frequencies. To compensate for this, you can see to it that you
always play with fresh new rows, and if you’re a rich man can buy you a classical guitar with a higher frequency and decrease bass.
4. When you use your nails Sharpener, (you need instead of just clipping the nails off!) to keep your nails short you can also allow some nail grooming hands with Sharpener. This will improve your
tone and stimulate your finger tips become harder.
5. how you practice exercises on a guitar to play slowly and with a little effort, get a good tone. It is important that you do not build tension as you play. All musicians benefit from learning
methods of relaxation and stretching to prevent injuries.
6. practice especially game exact (support strokes) all fingers and listen to the melody and try to improve as part of your game.
If you feel that your game is completely without nails to hard for you, you may after this test period, though rising, but you can keep them much shorter, the better your equipment. Then they will serve as claws of cats. Mostly are not used, but still affects your tone and support for your game. How long nails you have to Polish them and take care of them.
There are lots of great things to say on play guitar without nails, but this method gives me personally, I like the tone and an attractive and competitive challenge.
Peter Edvinsson – musician, composer and music teacher. Visit his site Capotasto music and download your free printable sheet music and guitar tablature http://www.capotastomusic.com on.
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