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Wife's long fingernails

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jaygtrjaygtr Frets: 218
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My wife shocked me recently by saying she wanted to learn to play an acoustic . She's a drummer by nature but fancied a new challenge .

The problem is she is reluctant to trim her nails.

So is she wasting her time or will she adapt eventually?

I notice Dolly Parton manages ok
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    I'm pretty sure I've never actually seen dolly play with those long nails, the guitar is just a prop. Personally I can't see how she could play, but mebbe it's possible.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • carloscarlos Frets: 3252
    Long fingernails on right hand are essential for classical nylon guitar playing. The ones on the left have to go, though!
    My feedback thread - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/107730/carlos
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Frets: 30

    You can't play traditional guitar techniques with long fretting fingernails.

    Slide/open tuning styles maybe...

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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33263
    georgenadaintl said:
    Long fingernails on right hand are essential for classical nylon guitar playing. The ones on the left have to go, though!
    You don't ned nails to play classical- it is just traditional to do so.
    Steve Howe plays nylon with no nails.
    Well, he has nails, they aren't long though.
    James Richmond

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  • carloscarlos Frets: 3252
    You don't need them, but they certainly help! I play hybrid on electric w/ short fingernails, but I began by playing classical and the fingernails were great. Well, in fact I started with these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar
    My feedback thread - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/107730/carlos
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    You can't fret properly with long nails. IMO picking with long nails is also difficult, I prefer them just 0.5mm proud of the fingertip.
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
    Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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  • jaygtrjaygtr Frets: 218
    Sadly that's what I though.

    I'm hoping that she will get really into it and cut them off herself. I have mentioned it but I don't want to put her off really. :-/
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    georgenadaintl said:
    You don't need them, but they certainly help! I play hybrid on electric w/ short fingernails, but I began by playing classical and the fingernails were great. Well, in fact I started with these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar
    Sor point  >:D<
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    its a fucker to wipe yer arse well,  thank god I wipe with me left   :D
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    bertie said:
    its a fucker to wipe yer arse well,  thank god I wipe with me left   :D
    I have always used toilet paper! :|
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  • John_AJohn_A Frets: 3773
    Another thing, don't let the missus practice on your good guitars without trimming her nails first, they'll put nast divets all over your fretboard!
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    Does this help?

    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • ddloopingddlooping Frets: 325
    bertie said:
    its a fucker to wipe yer arse well,  thank god I wipe with me left   :D
    You got an arse well??? :-O
    I wouldn't want to drink water of it!! :-S 
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  • daveyhdaveyh Frets: 648
    I had a girl student a while back who refused to cut her nails. I discovered with her that if you fret at 45degrees-ish from parallel to the frets, rotating along the axis of the arm it becomes quite possible.
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57836/
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  • jaygtrjaygtr Frets: 218
    surprisingly its not the problem i thought it would be, admittedly her finger nails are a bit shorter than they were
    but as daveyh said it is possible, although not ideal 
    :-?
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    VimFuego;11162" said:
    I'm pretty sure I've never actually seen dolly play with those long nails, the guitar is just a prop. Personally I can't see how she could play, but mebbe it's possible.
    I have seen footage of her play. With the long nails. Quite a weird thing to watch.
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    No idea how to do a YouTube link on my phone but go on YouTube, search Dolly Parton Parkinson and watch her play and sing Coat of Many Colors.
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • benvallbenvall Frets: 78
    EricTheWeary said:
    VimFuego;11162" said:
    I'm pretty sure I've never actually seen dolly play with those long nails, the guitar is just a prop. Personally I can't see how she could play, but mebbe it's possible.
    I have seen footage of her play. With the long nails. Quite a weird thing to watch.
    Ok - I'll admit this. Me and my wife saw Dolly Parton at the O2 in London a few years ago. I was pretty far away but when she was playing it didn't look right. I wondered if she was miming. It might be she has just developed some strange style, but I was suspicious.
    My Trading Thread - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58336/
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    benvall said:
    EricTheWeary said:
    VimFuego;11162" said:
    I'm pretty sure I've never actually seen dolly play with those long nails, the guitar is just a prop. Personally I can't see how she could play, but mebbe it's possible.
    I have seen footage of her play. With the long nails. Quite a weird thing to watch.
    Ok - I'll admit this. Me and my wife saw Dolly Parton at the O2 in London a few years ago. I was pretty far away but when she was playing it didn't look right. I wondered if she was miming. It might be she has just developed some strange style, but I was suspicious.
    I just watched the Parkinson/Coat of Many Colours clip through once and the singing and guitar are both so good I could easilly be convinced she is miming both but yet it looks authentic. There is no obvious micing up of either but then those interviews would have been done with big boom mics so they could have been in use. I haven't seen Dolly live but MrsTheWeary went to Dollywood when she was living in the States.
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • TunezTunez Frets: 15
    Dolly's the real deal. I have the same problem with female students from time to time, wouldn't recommend to learn to play like that but if you can sing and write with an ounce of her ability, who gives a fuck about chops!
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  • martinwmartinw Frets: 2148
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    EricTheWeary said:
    I just watched the Parkinson/Coat of Many Colours clip through once and the singing and guitar are both so good I could easilly be convinced she is miming both but yet it looks authentic. There is no obvious micing up of either but then those interviews would have been done with big boom mics so they could have been in use. I haven't seen Dolly live but MrsTheWeary went to Dollywood when she was living in the States.

    How could you think this is miming? It's just old-fashioned talent.

    http://youtu.be/mfIvRKR3OHw



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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9107
    Is there a reason she's holding the guitar so far from her front ;)
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • MistergMisterg Frets: 212
    HAL9000 said:
    Is there a reason she's holding the guitar so far from her front ;)
    Yeah, two of them
    :D
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  • Jj9107Jj9107 Frets: 38
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    EricTheWeary;24913" said:
    No idea how to do a YouTube link on my phone but go on YouTube, search Dolly Parton Parkinson and watch her play and sing Coat of Many Colors.
    theres a vid on YouTube of her and Chet Atkins and i seem to remember them mentioning she uses open tuneings?
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  • imaloneimalone Frets: 748
    Martinw's video looks like normal chords shapes, even if it is an altered tuning she can certainly play normal chords. Spent most of that video thinking, "How is she doing that? It's got to go wrong eventually." But it doesn't.
    Good song too, haven't heard much of her stuff before.
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