Guitar Technique : Ongles/Nails - Thomas Viloteau
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Thomas Viloteau talks about filing and shaping the right hand finger nails. (The grade of sandpaper used in the video is 600. It is a regular type that can be found in most hardware stores).
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Thomas Viloteau explique comment limer les ongles de la main droite sur le magazine en ligne Si Corde ! (Le papier utilisé dans la vidéo est du 600, qui est facilement disponible dans les magasins de bricolage).
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Your idea of putting the sandpaper on the strings and playing normally so the nails shape themselves correctly is absolutely genius. I want to smack myself for not thinking of it.
This is the best video I have seen for shaping nails. Brilliant idea Thomas. Thank you!
Exactly 20 years with my classical guitar. I've never come across this brilliant method! I will definitely try it!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thomas's video is perhaps, for me, the best video I've seen concerning nails. I was a 'traditionalist' for many years, but as I got older my nails changed, and the old way just didn't work. So I came across this and thought 'what the hell' I'll give this a go. I've seen this in other teaching methods but ignored it since it wasn't traditional rounded or upward ramp, and just wrote it off as weird since it wasn't commonly used. I wish I would have been aware of this 40 years ago 😁 Tone has never been better!!
Thanks for sharing this video! I found it interesting because it might help a lot of people, or at least makes them think much more about tone production, as it happened to me, so I transcribed and translated it mainly for people that only speak Spanish. The copyright of this video as well as its ideas belong to Thomas Viloteau that speaks as it follows: "Hola a todos. Hoy vamos a hablar de un asunto muy importante que pertenece a los interpretes de la guitarra: Las uñas!
Veremos como darles forma para lograr el mejor tono posible.
Hay algunas maneras de hacerlo. Algunas personas le dan forma a las uñas desde la izquierda, o desde la derecha; planas en la punta o mas largas en la mitad, etc. Pero en lugar de tratar de decidir sobre que tipo de forma queremos lograr, vamos a empezar con la guitarra y vamos a decidir como nuestros dedos atacan las cuerdas. (NOTA: posiblemente es mas “ver” que “decidir”).
Creo que esta es la cosa mas importante: lograr la forma de las uñas deacuerdo a la forma en que atacamos las cuerdas. Para hacer esto necesitaremos lija, una lima para uñas. También tengo este tipo de papel/lima y lima para polichar.
He dejado crecer mis uñas por una semana y media, lo cual fue muy difícil pero lo lo hice para este video, y suenan así…

el sonido es mas bien delgado con un montón de ruidos de rasguño en los bajos. De verdad muy desagradable. Dicho esto, no quiero cambiar la forma en que yo ataco las cuerdas por ello dejaré la mano tal como es, dado que es como yo toco, y trataré de darme cuenta cual parte de la uña está tocando la cuerda. Esto significa que tendré un punto en mi uña donde esta toca la cuerda. Por ello es inútil buscar diferentes formas de uña si al final dicha forma no usa la parte de la uña que en realidad toca la cuerda. Entonces lo que yo hago es un poco diferente, tomo una parte de lija que he doblado, lo pongo sobre las cuerdas y lo sostengo con la mano izquierda, asegurándome de estar en la misma posición que uso cuando estoy tocando normalmente. Sostengo el papel en la mitad de la boca de la guitarra y toco como lo haría si el papel no estuviese ahí. Empezaré por tocar acordes. Puedo tocar lo que sea, trémolo, acordes, arpegios, notas repetidas, fuerte, piano, hacia la izquierda, etc. Una vez mas, todo esto se hace con la mano colocada correctamente, manteniendo la misma posición que tengo cuando toco normalmente.
Llegamos a obtener una forma que es diferente de la que habíamos empezado.
minuto 4:01: Vemos que allí hay un punto en el medio de la uña que es mas bien plano. Ahora tomaré el tipo de papel/lima que tenía antes. (NOTA:Thomas Viloteau se pule las uñas con este tipo de lija en la forma en que ataca las cuerdas usado la dirección del ataque pero con la mano derecha extendida al frente de la boca de la guitarra en la posición que el usaría para tocar normalmente, minuto 4:14).

Ahora tomo la lima y limo la uña con la lima ubicada debajo de la uña. Trataré de deshacer estos dos ángulos.

Estoy limando mas el ángulo derecho de la uña.

Yo casi no limo el ángulo izquierdo de la uña.
Ahora intentaré pulir un poco la uña.

Ahora el tono está mas cerca de lo que yo quiero, es un poco mas redondo y fácil de controlar, y cuando me muevo hacia los bajos, manteniendo la misma posición de la mano, el ruido de rasguño que estaba antes ahora se ha ido.
Básicamente esto es lo que hago para la uñas (NOTA: aquí hay un error en los subtítulos de inglés, pues falta el verbo”This is basically it for the nails”)
lo que sigue es solo cuestión de refinar la forma asegurándose que la guitarra esté colocada como cuando se toca normalmente, teniendo la misma posición de la mano derecha que tenemos usualmente cuando tocamos una pieza musical. Estos aspectos son importantes para recrear cada vez la misma forma.
En mi caso, las uñas son mas cortas en el lado derecho pero eso en verdad depende de la postura de cada intérprete. Esto puede ser lo opuesto si el ataque es diferente, pero esta forma de limar sus uñas le dirá exactamente como es que ellas necesitan ser limadas y la forma correcta dependiendo de la manera en que usted ataque las cuerdas.
En cualquier caso, espero que esto pueda ayudar a algunos de ustedes a no gastar mucho tiempo limando sus uñas, porque se que esto puede ser muy frustraste. Muchas gracias, y hasta pronto!"
This is the best tip ever. I've always struggled to get a regular tone due to poor nail shape. With this method, I get a round, even sound every time I file my nails. Thank you!
Thank you very much!!
Gracias por ayudarnos a mejorar nuestra técnica
Best video for shaping nails for the guitar on the net, awesome!
Thanks Thomas! Following your technique with the sandpaper to shape the nails I have found that my angle of attack is different to what I believed for years. I thoroughly recommend this to all students of all levels. :)
This (wrapping 'wet+dry' paper around the strings) was the technique Paco De Lucia used :)
fyi - 600 grit 'wet+dry' paper is a good place to start
Peace.
Finally! I have been trying to figure out why I have that scratchy sound on the bass strings. No matter what shape I used it's always there. I'm going to give this a try when I get home.
Finally i found useful video about nails , thanks thomas !
Nunca se me había ocurrido colocar el papel lija en las propias cuerdas para lijar la parte de las uñas que atacan las cuerdas. Es una idea genial. Muchas gracias por el vídeo.
TOPISSIME C'est l' HALLU énorme la différence sur le jeu Comment j'ai pas eu l'info avant !!! Merci 🤙
Most helpfull instruction on HOW to determine the best shape for each person's style and method of playing.
Thank you Thomas. This is really helpful.
I used to do this with sandpaper, but now I use shorter nails and lime rounder with a left straight edge, all depends on the strength of the attack (I play with the left side of my fingers). When I had long nails, used to stuck on the strings and above all, my sound changed for worse when my hands were cold (when he had a concert or exam).
I dont know why but I feal like some member of gang by having my guitar nails :D
Thank you so much. I have never understood nail shape and never enjoyed my tone on my classical. Wanted to blame my instrument and was pretty sure tat wasn't the reason for my poor tone. A genius and elegant solution.
I have to thank you for your wonderfull ideea for polishing the nails this way. I am for the common way but that can be applayed when you have all of three nails the same. In my case...well it isn' t , so I tryed this ideea on me..and fits me so good. Thank you one more time.
Great video Thomas, I use the same method myself. I will share this video with my students!
😆 Merci beaucoup, effectivement on a tous une attaque qui nous est propre malgré la position académique recommandée. Votre méthode est superbe dans le sens où elle va plus loin que l'attaque, elle s'adapte également à la morphologie (bord libre par rapport à la plaque cornée) des doigts de chacun. En ce qui me concerne un confort de jeu supplémentaire EXCEPTIONNEL !!! encore merci👍
Grace à votre excellente méthode, j'ai enfin règlé le problème des ongles. Un grand merci à votre altruisme d'avoir bien voulu nous en faire bénéficier. Très cordialement.
Fantastic idea but it would be good help to specify the grade of the papers you are using. For example the black paper that you place on the guitar strings
The idea of placing the sandpaper on the strings is excellent. I've tried ti twice and my tone has never been cleaner. Thanks a bunch.
Extrêmement convaincant ! Merci Thomas pour cette bonne leçon. Et le sous-titrage est très intelligent.
This works great! I wasn't absoluty sure about my sound, and this gives awesome results! Thanks!!!
Great video, thank you Thomas.
thank you for your kind.
This is the best way. So much easier too. This guy is also a terrific player.
Very innovative ; I will try it. Careful of the sandpaper on the Smallman!
Thanks for the great performance and Warmup/ Master class at Syracuse NY. A video of your warmup techniques would be a great benefit.
I enjoyed your CD while driving home.
What a clever way to find out the exact spot at which the nail attacks the string. Now, we need to shape the nail so that the spot will be the highest point when we look at it. Am I right? The video doesn’t seem to explain how we should shape our nail according to the point of attack.
Can someone help me clarify this ?
Merci !
Thanks bro. That was really really helpful! Youre a genius for creating that filing technique. Once again. Thanks for sharing!!
This is an ASMR jewel!
Good demo of one way to file the nail, I've seen a couple of people doing it this way now. I like the old fashioned way (carving the nail by line of sight). As a note people could look into the polishing a bit more. I have a 2 stage polishing method, I use 3600 grade micro-fibre cloth you can get it online but its cheapest in a roll on ebay. It is superior to wet and dry sand paper in every way except longevity. The final stage is to use a smooth 2 - 3 stage buffer from a beauty shop to rub and heat up the tip of the nail (rub in one direction) this fuses the nail edge together so the edge lasts longer and sounds smoothest. If you get it right it should feel like playing with glass tipped nails.
Thanks for posting.
Brian Cullen Thanks a lot for your insights, very useful! Thanks for sharing and watching!
While you're at the beauty store, if you have thin nails check or ask for one of those products that make a thin, flexible layer on top to protect the nail. They can really help if you don't have strong nails.
Excellent video!
Bravo thomas, very nice video! Thank you
Excellent
I've done that for ten years with simple metal nail file. Very tricky method.
Never thought about paper..... Silly me xD
Thanks
Thanks. Haven't seen this before.
That was lots of help think you!
What a great tip !.. Thubs up and suscribing right now.
I would suggest using a crystal nail file, as emery boards or sandpaper (which should only be used in one direction, if ever) will damage the ends of the nails and can cause them to split. Most women use crystal nail files these days, since one can file in any direction, and the crystal seals the nails rather than splits them. Just a heads up for those who don't know how to correctly file nails.
Bravo Thomas.
merci beaucoup, thomas! C'est très informative.
Very useful! Thank you for posting. And thanks for the English subtitles. :-)
Vous êtes mythique. vous avez résolu le problème de ma vie
Merci, good topic.
Bonne idée, je vais essayer. Merci.
Awesome
Hi Tomas, thanks for your great explanation. I have one question. For the sand paper you are using in the strings to shape the nails, which granularity we should use ?
It seems Tomas may have read but didn't answer a straight forward question .
I doubt that this would be because of English text comprehensive skill, just too busy?
Thomas, I am also curious about the grade and type of sand paper you use to wrap around the strings. It looks like it is not designed for wood sanding, but is there some more info you can provide? Great video!!
water sand paper, usually between 400-600, between 800 - 1000 to refine, and to polish till 12000
Did Ida Presti pluck the strings with the Right side of the nails?
Thomas, I've just started recording myself play, been playing for a long time.
I noticed scratchy sounds that come from the right hand which I obviously haven't noticed before, otherwise I would have addressed them. Also, no one ever told me about this.
I stumbled this video in search for a solution after many tests prior to this (many shapes, even changing right hand position, which is probably not the solution) - I am now growing my nails longer in order to test what you brought here.
So far I wasn't able to fix it and it's very frustrating..
HAZIFER HAZIF just try to position your hands straight from the above,trust me it helps a lot
thanks
Finalmente un'idea intelligente!
Hai ragione!!!!
Superbe, merci.
très bon tuto merci.
C'est de l'asmr ton truc :')
Chouette méthode néanmoins!
Bonjour Thomas ! (mon prof s'appelle Thomas aussi Rihamon ceci dit). Je cherche un papier plus efficace pour limer mes ongles et celui que tu utilises sur les cordes au tout début me semble bien. Pourrais tu me dire ou tu l'as acheté ?
Merci pour ta vidéo !
merci...
really interesting!
merci
Bonjour Thomas
Est ce que C est la partie droite de votre majeur et annulaire qui touche la corde ? (puisque vous attaquez à gauche)
This is actually pretty clever. Just be careful to slightly round out the beveled edge you've created, or you could find yourself going through a lot more strings. :)
Yerdles over hoopy moon when the clouds drift out gibberally
Bonjour Thomas
Un grand talent et beaucoup d humilité.. D après la taille de vos ongles est-ce que vous attaquez à gauche avec l index et à droite avec majeur et annulaire ?
Merci! J'attaque à gauche avec tous les doigts :)
🎵👍
Quel était la taille du grain que t'utilise sur chaque limes de chacune des étapes ?
Honestly, i still hear scratching after he filed his nails. Is it unavoidable to a certain degree?
Bonjour!!Quelle est la taille de grain idéal que je devrai choisir pour le papier sablé?Merci
utilise des lime douce et des lime moins douce et des blogue polissoire
Useful method if you have perfect nails. But nails can be formed completely different, requiring more advanced methods. For this I have developed permanent artificial nails with perfect sound, holding for 3 month, never break and done completely in 5 minutes per nail. I will prepare a paper for clarification 🤓😋🥰
What guitar do you use?
what grade of sand paper do you use for wrapping around the strings? very helpful video!
I guess it depends how much length you want to remove....Maybe 800 - 1200 grade depending on your nail length? Nice video Thom!
- Michael -
No he uses 500 grade.
Moi j'aimerais un tuto sur la technique du pliage du papier, je trouve que c'est pas évident du tout .... dommage car la technique est excellente et efficace.
bonjour, pour plier le papier j'utilise tout simplement une règle; cordialement
patricia zdz
There really is no nail shapes that do for all people. It depends on your technique and on the shape of your fingers etc. Each finger may have a different nail shape.
I would never have nails this long for example. In general i have them very short with maybe a slight ramp on the left. Good idea to get the general shape but it'll need fine tuning.
Your right hand position is different with segovia / pepe romero tehnique
utiliser des limes et des bloque polissoire et quant vous avez fini le limage mettez un sois au calcium ou a la créatine et un durcisseur (vos ongle vous le rendront bien)
Si quieres sacar un buen sonido, velocidad y precisión en la guitarra mira las uñas de Paco de Lucía y cópialas. Fácil y para toda la familia.
Excepto que las uñas de flamenco y las de clásica son totalmente distintas. Mucho más cortas para flamenco.
A week and a half? I’ve tried various numbers of things to let them grow fast. But I’ve never had patience. And I thought the ring finger had to be flat.
How long do your nails take to grow out?Are they strong?
le pire est quand un ongle se casse
Terimakasih.
Anjay kukunyabdi amplas
Smallman?)
you hold your guitar like its your baby
its cute..
Si on utilise pas cette technique, on peut résumer à "limer là où ton ongles attaque?"
Problème encore plus chiant quand on est guitariste et harpiste(pour la main gauche)
Pas que les guitaristes,et les harpistes ?encore plus génant,pas d'ongles pour la main gauche.
la guitare,c'est une Contreras,il me semble
ridiculous nail shape.
youre joking right?
I think what this video is showing is that the way you play naturally should dictate your nail shape, not the other way round. It quite evidently works.
Well, he got a beautiful tone, so it must be working for him.
Have you heard Viloteau play? He's amazing. His nail shape obviously works for him...
sess ongles sont beaucoup beaucoup trop long et absolument pas nécessaire pour jouer de la guitare classique, ils doivent être court
HAhah chubbby fingesr haha