Comments on: Fingernail Care http://liveukulele.com Tabs, lessons, and info for 'ukulele enthusiasts Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ukulele pete http://liveukulele.com/gear/fingernail-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5547 Ukulele pete Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:16:03 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/gear/fingernail-care/#comment-5547 Good advice, but what sort of shape are you supposed to file them to? Good advice, but what sort of shape are you supposed to file them to?

]]> By: John Hogle http://liveukulele.com/gear/fingernail-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5410 John Hogle Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:33:48 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/gear/fingernail-care/#comment-5410 Good points. On the other hand, for those, such as myself, whose fingernails bend the wrong way when grown long enough to pick or are too thin and easily damaged, there is another choice. Regular picks, including finger and thumb picks, are little like actual fingernails; but Alaska picks (http://www.alaskapik.com/) are close to replicating the fingernail experience. They fare finger picks, but the actual picking part fits under a short fingernail. They are about $2 each. Independent music stores focusing on folk and acoustic stringed instruments (such as my local Gryphon Stringed Instruments on the mainland in Silicon Valley - www.gryphonstrings.com) tend to have these. I'm a beginner on the 'uke and don't use them in Uncle Siachi's classes, but I've been trying them out. It takes a little getting used to the additional distance to the string, but they are comfortable and can be trimmed shorter. Good points. On the other hand, for those, such as myself, whose fingernails bend the wrong way when grown long enough to pick or are too thin and easily damaged, there is another choice. Regular picks, including finger and thumb picks, are little like actual fingernails; but Alaska picks (http://www.alaskapik.com/) are close to replicating the fingernail experience. They fare finger picks, but the actual picking part fits under a short fingernail. They are about $2 each. Independent music stores focusing on folk and acoustic stringed instruments (such as my local Gryphon Stringed Instruments on the mainland in Silicon Valley – http://www.gryphonstrings.com) tend to have these.

I’m a beginner on the ‘uke and don’t use them in Uncle Siachi’s classes, but I’ve been trying them out. It takes a little getting used to the additional distance to the string, but they are comfortable and can be trimmed shorter.

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