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Originally Posted by charles Tauber

Free stroke can also be initiated by contact with the string prior to the actual pluck.

If you are playing with nails, also look to smoothing the surface of your nail with fine sandpaper or a fine sharpening stone. It can make a world of difference in tone, as one can easily hear a nick in one's nail or a serrated nail. Shape of nails, as well as where they contact the strings, also shapes tone.

For classical players who play off the right side of their nails, the string should be "captured" between the nail and the flesh of the finger prior to the pluck. That is, the finger/nail is statically in contact with the string prior to plucking. That makes a huge difference in tone, rather than "swatting" the string from a distance to pluck it: doing so provides a crisp, clear sound to each note. That takes practice to "nail it" habitually. Playing lots 'n' lots of scales is the traditional practice for achieving that, starting very slowly and purposefully to get it "just so".

Quality of tone as a result of personal technique is typically a large part of classical guitar playing, typically much more of a pursuit than for many steel string players. I understand that your interest might not be in classical guitar, but, rather, nylon strings. However, nylon strings can tend to make more apparent undesired aspects of technique.

Charles,
Thanks for that response and information. That’s good stuff.