Maybe one day, as she's teased in other interviews , she'll cut an entire album that's just her singing along to the sounds of her nails. But that's if we get really, really lucky. The Art of Being Kesewa Aboah. Don't forget to follow Allure on Instagram and Twitter. After six months, you should start to feel comfortable and know your way around a guitar.
You might not be busting out amazing solos quite yet, but you've mastered the basic chords and you feel comfortable playing.
The The thumb of your fretting hand should rest behind the neck of the guitar placing it approximately between your first two fingers. Make sure to bend all your knuckles 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Use the tip of your fingers to press down the strings and place them as close to the fret as possible. If you actually want to shorten your nail beds you can progressively cut your nails shorter. However you'd do better to just clip your nails short regularly.
By trying to shorten the nail bed you can open your nails up to infection. An infection would really dampen your playing. So yes, it is possible to play bass guitar with long nails but you might not get the sound that you are after. That is, they can grow their nails an inch long, and become used to playing this way.
They can be worn around your neck, reminding your peers that you are a guitarist, and make for a good excuse to walk into any music shop, spend hours playing Gibsons through vintage tube amps, and get away with it by buying a plectrum or two… But then again, some of the world's best guitarists play without a pick.
If you tried to strum with three fingers the same as you do when strumming down, your fingers would get caught up in the strings. So using just your first finger is smoother. For both strumming down and up be sure and keep your right hand relaxed. Your fingers should give as the glide across the strings. So yes, it is possible to play bass guitar with long nails but you might not get the sound that you are after. You can maintain your picking hand nails longer and play styles of music that emphasize fingerstyle guitar or hybrid picking, like classical and country music.
If you must keep your nails on your left hand long, your guitar progress will be severely limited. Parton, a legendary country music singer and guitar player, famously loves to wear flashy acrylic nails.
To play guitar with them, she relies exclusively on barre chords that she can play without bringing her nail onto the fretboard. Parton uses open tunings, particularly open E, to achieve this style. With these tunings, Parton can simply barre one finger flat across all of the frets to strum a major chord.
This style obviously limits her from playing any more harmonically interesting chords and proves difficult for minor chords. For the best results, you should practice striking the strings at a degree angle with your finger.
That will incorporate a bit of your nail and flesh and produces a warm yet distinct sound with plenty of projection. Classical guitar and country music are two styles that are particularly friendly to players with long nails; many country guitarists use a thumb pick and play fingerstyle with their other fingers.
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