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Originally Posted by TBman
Do you mean by perpendicular to strike and come up back to your hand minimizing or removing completely going across the string parallel with the top?
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Best for me to let JonnyBGood speak for himself but I would just say on my own behalf that we should avoid "going across the string parallel with the top". Regardless of whether you play with the right fingers perpendicular to the strings or on a diagonal axis the right fingertip(s) should exit the string(s) directly. Also, beyond the contact point there should be no fingertip flesh traversing the string at all (assuming you play with nails). Even without nails only the flesh that touches the string at the point of contact should be the flesh that leaves the string. Consider that the reason for ramping the nails (still with a rounded left corner) is to provide as little resistance as possible to the string as it is released from under the nail. I hope this makes sense. Here's a link that discusses the issue from a classical perspective.
https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.c...ic.php?t=50355