Guitar lesson: Can You Play Classical Guitar Without Nails?

Most classical guitarists use a lot of time polishing and grooming their right hand fingernails. In order to play with nails you have to have good nails and working with them a lot. Is it possible to play witout nails? Let's take a look at no nail playing! Angel Iglesias, a great spanish guitarist touring Denmark round 1953 played with nails in the same way as Segovia, Llobet and Barrios did. Some guitarists at this time played with their fingertips. Another great Spanish virtuoso who toured Denmark in periods, Francisco Alfonso, (whose father studied with T