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Re: Sor's study in Bm. Really a great piece to learn. I came across this, and thought it might be useful for you should you decide to tackle it. Enjoy your nylon practices!
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Thank you! I am already well into learning it.
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Another very nice one in a similar vein is Op 60 #23- here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQf4Uf6YU_4 |
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Listened to this last night - great podcast! Thanks again.
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I have an Almansa classical - it's a decent enough low to mid range instrument and seems to do the job for now. It's better than I thought it would be, but to be fair I have not had much experience with playing higher end classical guitars (yet..) Tone is a struggle - sometimes I feel I have it and then it's gone and I start fretting about my right position or my nails etc. It is however getting better the more I listen critically and focus on it. Like you I have found myself playing with much shorter nails on nylon - I once had gels, but have settled into my own natural nails now and they are easier to manage while shorter. No doubt the nail shape and length plays a much much bigger part in tone generation on nylon strings. I am playing only classical right now and will do so until I feel I have stablished some decent habits - I am not missing steel string right now to be honest as this has been so all consuming.
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Hey Peter, just curious... how long are you nails currently? I am also trying to keep mine as short as I can get away with as I do quite a bit of woodworking/other work with my hands and they are easily broken and damaged when I keep them long.
Currently I have mine at a length where my nail and finger tip touch a flat surface at the same exact time when I touch something straight on. I got this from the Pumping Nylon book, where Tennant recommends this length. So basically the nail and flesh are perfectly in line with each other if you were to lay a straight edge across your finger tip |
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IMG_1940.jpg Here’s a quick snap - probably about 1-2mm beyond the end of my finger (2mm on M&A and 1mm on I) Seems to be about right now I have the ramp on I&M from thumb side up to pinky and then flatter on A with a gentle slope the other way.
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Just about the same as mine... cool.
I can already tell your nails are WAY thicker than mine. I was a nail biter from childhood till around 20, so my nail beds are really short and my nails in general are quite thin. Im hoping to avoid going the acrylic route so Im going to keep them as short and strong as I can |
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You live in the UK right? Philip Woodfield, Christopher Dean, David Merrin, & Simon Ambridge have international reputations as do many others. A Stephen Eden will get you a great guitar for half the price of what's being asked for an "equivalent" steel string. There is a ton of choice. What are you playing at the moment? I do still play steel-string though, albeit much less than I did, and it has benefited tremendously from my learning nylon technique. It's all about the music: If I want to learn a steel-string piece, that's what I pick up. Same for nylon. Cheers, Steve |
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I am very lucky that I do have very thick nails.
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Hi Steve That’s very interesting and somewhat re-assuring, as I have to admit to finding myself feeling a little apprehensive to be so committed to nylon when I wasn’t expecting to be. It certainly seems to be the case that a good classical is more reachable than a steel string equivalent and I had already stumbled across Simon Ambridge’s beautiful instruments. The others you mention I will now be researching ;-) (I am in the UK) I’m playing an entry/mid level Spanish Almansa guitar (new I guess about £600) but have been pleasantly surprised by it - certainly more than I would expect from the same price SS. I can see myself holding onto my Webber OM, as I’m very fond of it - but letting my Furch go at some point. Thanks for the post, I found it very helpful.
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A skilled player can make very nice sounding music even on an inexpensive instrument, be it a steel string or classical. A non-skilled player can make either sound poorly. |