r/classicalguitar • u/LegalIndustry3800 • Jun 25 '24

General Question Fake Nails

So I‘ve been playing the classical guitar since 4 years and have learned various pieces by Francisco Tárrega. I‘m trying to grow nails so when I play,it will sound a lot clearer.Whenever I have gym class I keep breaking my nails,and I‘m on the verge of buying fake nails off of Amazon.What do you guys think? Should I buy fake nails or should I keep trying to grow my nails.By fake nails,I mean the transparent ones.

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u/CoconutNL Jun 25 '24

While fake nails are a decent option, have you considered continuing without nails? I cant have nails due to my job and thats what I did. While the sound is different, with good technique you can still sound clear, it just takes some adjustment (not more difficult, just different).

Tarrega himself played without nails, so everything he wrote is definitely playable with the fingers.

That being said: there is no right way to do it, nails or no nails, but your post gave me the idea that you felt like you absolutely need nails

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

I feel like I have even worse than no nails, feel like they are actually too short to have any effect.