Playing Guitar With Acrylic Nails

Why Acrylic Nails Are So Important.

Playing guitar with acrylic nails. So there is a historical basis for playing without nails as well. But the sound produced will be very much different than if nails are used to pluck the guitar. If you are just starting out you might want to round your fingernails to strum a classical guitar.

But using nails allow for a much wider range of tone color on the instrument. Acrylic nails completely solve that problem. Im no music pro but I have asked a few musician friends over the years if they knew how she was able to hit all the right chords.

Playing guitar with long shellac nails. Thus if you want the Finger Picks the exact same length as your nails when you were playing with nails only then you should trim the nail very slightly. This is why my girlfriend has to go to the nail salon almost.

In a recent interview on The Graham Norton Show Dolly Parton discussed how she wrote 9 to 5 using her acrylic nails as percussion. Make sure your nail is. Leave your cording hand alone.

At least thats something Ive always wondered. Use a larger pick than the standard one. Big Thanks to Andy at East Sheen N.

Playing with Acrylic Nails is the only way to go if you are a serious finger picker. Plus I prefer the direct connection into guitar that fingernails give me. This video is published on November 9 2018.