Playing classical guitar without nails - quick demo
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This is a little demo/warm-up I did while playing around with camera angles and such. The camera angle is better than it previously was, but I think the left hand is closer to the camera than the right so it looks huge at times. It's a work in progress.
I do something like this almost every time u pick up a guitar...I actually probably play around like this more than playing actual music, to my family's dismay lol. A few chords, a few single notes both tirando and apoyando, both bass and treble register, etc.
You can see my RH position is with a slightly bent wrist so that the thumb can play outside of the fingers. If I keep a more straight wrist then the thumb comes under the fingers...which is valid too and has a nice sound, so I do use that position at times.
Guitar: Ricardo Sanchis built in the 1940's
Trebles: Pirastro plain gut
Basses: Aquila Rayon 900
Pitch: A=430Hz
Audio: Tascam DR-40
Beautiful sound, Tate! The tone is so round and warm! Please encore!
Thanks! Yes, I plan to do some more recording - this was kind of a camera setup test 👍
Sounding good! Nice tone on that guitar too 👏! I have a set of Pyramid gut I'm aiming to put on sometime this summer, but I want to run through the lifespan of the nylons I'm using first.
Nice! The pyramids are very nice also 👍 I think you will enjoy them
Sounds lovely! I do the same thing whenever I pick up a guitar. I find improvisation more useful than technical warmups tbh. Nice to see your RH technique. The way you rolls chords, using your wrist, seems to be a common technique among us flesh players
Haha good to hear that others do the same :). As far as RH goes, yes those rolled chords are common among us, I think. You'll also notice a do some contrasting rest strokes sul tasto versus my normal hand position. I've been experimenting with this because I see a lot of other flesh players doing rest strokes (and free strokes) in that area.
hehe i do that too, it helps me to get into the mood
@@FS.2772.guitar Haha good to know! 👍
@@FS.2772.guitar Great minds think alike and all that...
Hi Tate one help from the professor to a young Delcamper converting to the ...nonailstechnic. Aquila basses I bought them and I am enthusiast. Remaining on Aquila, which are the trebles you would suggest? Thanks
Hey Ruggero! My favorite Aquila trebles are the Alabastros...but I guess the best thing to do is try a few different sets and see what you prefer. I really haven't tried any Aquila trebles that I haven't liked yet!
Great sound! I have considered cutting my nails, not only because I like the sound, but also because my family recently bought me an inexpensive lute as a gift. How difficult was the transition to playing without nails for you?
Hey Eric! I recently stumbled upon your channel and love your repertoire selection and playing 👍 I will be honest: the transition from nails to none is not easy haha. I'd tried and failed in the past. This most recent time (I cut them in 2015) I decided to stick with it and it eventually got better. You have to learn a new technique...at least I did. My hand angle and attack is different. Anyways, it's worth the effort, especially if you want to try the lute! I've always wanted to try lute...I love listening to it.
@@tateharmann3057 Thanks for the response, Tate, and for your kind words. I'm so hesitant to actually take the "no nails" leap. I actually know a guitarist who says he has nightmares about his nails getting cut off! I'm not quite that bad, but whenever I get close to doing it, I always chicken out.
@@ericphillips7057 Haha wow that poor guitarist...that's funny and sad at the same time. I was never really afraid of it, I had cut my nails off multiple times for experimentation. My nails grow back fast and I'm not a professional with recitals so it wasn't an issue. And, like most of us, I played without nails as a beginner. This most recent time I've cut them off (2015) I was determined to develop the technique and get the sound I wanted. I never liked having nails even when playing with them for over a decade. Now that I'm 7 years into fingertip playing, I don't think I'll ever go back to nails. I've even tried to grow them again and now find it difficult to play WITH them haha. But to each his own, I think we should embrace this duality in guitar technique and enjoy both sounds (much like it was before Segovia left his influence).
What is that under your Tascam recorder? Hats off to you, I wish I could play without nails but I can't make a go of it.
Hey Sean, that's a biography on Eduardo Sainz de la Maza written by Thomas Schmitt! I gave a go on the no-nails playing years (10+) ago and couldn't make it work either. I think I didn't try long enough then. This time around I stuck with it - it's really a whole different technique, I don't think it's enough to cut your nails off and keep trying to play as if you still had them (that's probably another mistake I made the first time). But either way, I love hearing great nail and no-nail players, whatever sounds and feels right to you is the best.
@@tateharmann3057 I'll have to hunt that book up. I own the book Paloma wrote on Regino Sainz de la Maza. Boy, you sure get a sweet tone. I really appreciate the old records you put up here, too!
@@battlestarclassica Thank you, sir! The book is pretty easy to get as it's fairly new and still in print. I grabbed it from the first online book store in Spain that I came across. Glad you appreciate the records! I have a whole cabinet full of guitar records...I have a lot left to digitize and place here!
what guitar is that?????
This is a Ricardo Sanchis built sometime in the 1940's 👍
@@tateharmann3057 ty very much. it is very qualitative guitar. i can see the wood is very well aged