Answering FAQs: Nails, Guitar, Strings, Support, Tabs 

if you could do a video on alzapua technique, would be very helpful.

I'm 16 years old. Just watch I will also become a professional player like you Grisha. just wait. you are my inspiration ❤️

A master, gifting his secrets for the future generations: tresure them!

Thanks very much Grisha! All that information was very helpful, especially on your nail care. As I am getting older my natural nails are no longer serving me well and I think it's time to consider a different solution. I am a steel string finger style player and steel strings are very hard on my nails. I will try the nails you have suggested and the adhesive. Thanks again for being so very kind in sharing great tips that you have learned along the way. Your playing is superb and quite inspiring!

We are really enjoying these videos! We would love to hear more about your interaction with Paco De Lucia as well as other famous players as well as some more insight about what you admire about them. You shared some info in a previous video and we want more! Thank you for sharing about your nails, guitars and strings!

you and paco inspired me to start flamenco my life changed after flamenco thank you

can you show us the shape of your finger nails? because, i have been struggling with the thumb nail shape. that would be really really helpful! thank you!

Thanks Grisha! I appreciate the thoughtful input you've provided, I look forward to every new post. I have enjoyed your performances immeasurably and hope to see you play in person eventually!

Great video Grisha as always! A video showing the process or the steps you follow to transcribe by ear a falseta, would be awesome

Thank you for sharing so much, your videos are sensational and inspiring as well as educational, a real treasure for those of us who love this instrument

Maestro thanks for sharing your personal experience and tips with us. You are a wonderful humble soul. And the way you teach us explaining with your videos and finger position I think is the best way of teaching. I like that style ❤ And Yes if you can share how did you learn to play by ear. Or some insights regarding playing by ear will be of great help 😇

Shape of the nail 💅 😍

Just saw you play "Con Garbo y Salero." Brilliant playing thank you. By the way the root maca is a powerful herb when taken internally that would strengthen your nails, if you decide to ever play with your own nails.

Thank you for videos Grisha

Thank you so much, maestro! You have answered even the questions I have not yet asked. With respect from St. Petersburg.

Grisha thanks you! Its so aspiring to see a master at your level actually sitting and helping out with the small details so much, Really thanks you it makes the life of a beginner Flamenco guitarist much easier when you know you get the right information

Gracias Grisha! I really feel we are having a conversation with you with your videos!

Grisha, you are an incredibly gracious and informative individual. Thank you!!!

I use guitarplayernails whenever I break my natural nails. They are fantastic for classical as well!

Spasiva,grazie,merci,danke! You're an inspiration!

I personally love the Savarez with the Dark Blue font. They just have a fantastic sound!!!

Grisha You are my favourite flamenco guitarist

Thanks for the equipment advice. I will try out the ErgoPlay Tappert on my acoustic. I have a lift/support, but I am not satisfied with it. Good posture and comfort are essential. Like you, I also have a long torso. You are doing the whole world an amazingly beautiful job of teaching.

Thanks grisha

Hello, Grisha, very informative video. Of the guitars I've seen you playing I like this blanca you've been using the best, it has a visceral sound. I also would like to see you talking about your approach to nail filling and its importance to the right hand techniques, such as picado or tremolo. Cheers!

Thank you so much for these videos Grisha! I’ve always wondered why you almost never look at the guitar when you play, what that does for you, and how you are able to do that.

"My hair is OK... it's working out... but my nails, they don't" I had to chuckle! I resemble that statement!

So relaxing and entertaining to listen to you talk grisha, great video 👌

Good to see you every day 👍

I just want to say that you are true inspiration for all of us. Thank you very much :)

For guitarist who learn by watching, go to the lower right hand corner of your RU-vid screen. You'll see an icon that looks like a six sided gear. Click on that. Settings options will appear to give choices. Click on playback speed and you'll have choices to slow down video and sound without pitch change. Its pretty good quality and useful. Don't forget to return to normal play back speed when you're done , otherwise the next computer user isn't tearing their hair out. Ask me how I know! Nice that you're answering questions. Thanks. :)

Maestro. I used to have weak nails and the solution have been simple: 1- Never use nail clippers. Instead just sand your nails. 2- Use this product that is for hair grow, one drop per nail on your cuticles: Minoxidil. A dermatologist subjected to me. 3- Don’t wash your hands often, unless your are eating. Humidity is a killer for nails.

Thank you for the video! Really appreciate your work. A video about practicing tremolo would be awesome

Grisha caireles de Manolo Sanlucar en E minor.

If you could make a video about nail filing and shaping. How to find out the ultimate nail shape while accounting for different nail curves and flesh size people may have. Thanks💐

Thank you for your tutorial videos. They're priceless!

Thanks for the video Grisha!

Really loving your videos. There’s so much to learn and you explain so clearly. Thanks so much

Thank you Grisha, great video as usual! I have a lower back pain as well, I use "lazy glasses" it helps me reading and surfing on my laptop while I'm in bed :)

Thanks for sharing your knowledge without jealousy. I can see a great humility in all your work, you already have a place among the greats de la Guitarra. Y sos Ruso, #Admiración

Very surprised to hear your nails are not ideal. I asked for this a while ago, thanks so much for making it :) Will try those nails out sometime.

Hey Grisha, thanks a lot for those recent videos .. so good that you are doing now :) Could you please do a video doing your nails? Impressed that It takes a month to change .. How is your real nail using this one above it? Is it worst because of the products? Would be great to see a video with more details .. And, whats your routine today with studies? How do you solve problems with a piece (if this even happen .. )?

Grisha, could you please do a video covering continual rasgueos it would be really helpful as I am working on Zapateado en Re. I feel like I may be straining too much at the end. Thank you very much for these insightful videos.

You are incredible maestro thank you for these videos

love you maestro . thank you very much for these videos❤❤

Many compliments for these videos!!really useful!

Grisha thank you so much. can you please make a video about Almoramia? there's no tutorial of this masterpiece and tabs can not show the true techniques and feeling behind it. you are the only player that not only can play it but reflect the exact meaning of every single note. please spend some time to do so. I'd be in your debt.

When i see your videos, i run for here📚🌟👍🏽

thank you so much, I really appreciate these videos, I have a question to ask, how can I memorize a piece of flamenco guitar well, I read the tab, but I have a big problem that I often forget the position of the hands on the frets ..... there it's some technician who helps memorizing the pieces. Thank you so much

I use Augustine Imperial Red strings, they work for me.

Muchas gracias Maestro. Thank you so much Maestro.

Thank you very much for your helpful videos! It would be very useful listen about your principles of right hand fingering (while playing scales passages by 3 fingers technique). Especially in the ascending scale passages (prevention of crisscrossing etc.) Maybe you've already recorded such video and I missed it?

Thank you I've been going through hell with my nails ; thank you.

great!

Гриша, очень круто что развиваете свой канал, спасибо за ценную информацию!

Grisha cuándo haces gira a Monterrey N L. México?sería fantástico.

Thank you for the great videos.

Grisha now You are My flamenco teacher. Beautiful guitar by the way! It's awesome that you learn by ear. I learnt by tabs but it worked for me. You are a great soul i can tell. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with your fans. I'm more of a rock guitar player but i'm in love of Flamenco because it's more spiritual in My opinion and impressive. In your next videos can You name the chords that You play in the song that you Will teach por favor. I would like to learn Malagueña the whole song. I know how to play Malagueña just a piece of it like the intro and the Main riff but i wanna learn all the picados and the most dificult parts which are the faster parts of the song. I know the rest. Gracias and have a great day maestro.

if you could do a video on posture of arpejio , would be helpful 👍

Гриша, благодарен тебе за ответы. Очень полезная информация! Я сам недавно перешел на искусственные ногти guitarplayernails, это решило мою проблему очень тонких ногтей. Еще хотелось бы больше узнать о том, какие произведения ты учил, когда играл на классической гитаре. Спасибо

Do you think it's necessary to buy the quick-drying spray and nail polisher? Or would it be okay with the set of nails they sell on the page already prepared? Thank you Grisha for your content, always so good.

Hey, try a collagen supplement for nails and skin, it makes a big difference. Great Lakes Hydrolized Collagen is a good one.

I would like to see a close up of your fingernails, I have very strong nails but they catch a little on rest stroke picado. Thanks for al of the great information.

Can u please explain that why is Vicente Amigos flamenco music sounds so different? Not like the other players, I'm also trying to learn flamenco by listening and watching but I can't understand how Vicente creates that sound.... please🙏 if u can share what kind of scales or modes etc.. he implements in his music that would be a great help🙏.Thanks maestro for making these videos they are really helpful

What’s the difference between a classical guitar and a flamenco guitar? Can I use the classical guitar to play flamingo music?

Thank you very much !!

Can you please say how the suction cups of your support damage the guitar's finish? I recently started using a support with soft plastic suction cups, which claim to not damage the finish. What do you mean by adding a thin plastic wrapper? Thanks for your amazing videos!

How can we play accompanying the palmas. Very informative videos as always thank you 🖤🖤

El Ergoplay está muy bien, pero se me hace un poco inestable en la pierna derecha

Actually the distance between the 12 fret and the strings are 3mm and an half. My other 2 classic guitar the distance between the 12 fret and the strings are 2 mm.

Thanks Grisha! Please could you talk about the 'capo' you use in your concerts. Regards.

Any Solution for a natural broken nail? xD

Thank you a lot for your time and effort spent for these videos. I have a question: I play classical guitar and I only use sheet music to learn the pieces so I can't learn by ears. I really like flamenco and want to try it but the lack of materials online and difficult techniques keep me away from starting with it (Or maybe I just don't know how to start with flamenco yet). Could you make a video about how to start learning flamenco and how to find learning materials online?

If could do video about nails length and shapes?

Hi! I play guitar a lot, but because I also play bass and other instruments, it's impossible for me to grow nails because they would make problems on those other instruments. I'm not sure if I'm ever going to be able to build as good technique as a player who has nails. Do you believe it's possible to play flamenco without nails? Thanks and I wish you all the best!

I love you videos man! :)

Oh cool I'm from Maine. Small world.

Hi hi - do you therefore read music? (As opposed to not reading tab?) …

Grisha i have a classic guitar that i really love but the distance between the 12 fret and the string it's 3mm and an half instead of 2 mm that it's what you recomend. I use D'Addario Pro Arte Nylon Core Silverplated Wound Medium tension EJ45. I think the reason that the strings are a little bit to high it's because i'm the bridge the White thing Made of bone i think it's too high compared with My other 2 classic guitars. What should i do. Sand down that White piece of the bridge or live it like that since i'm using medium tension EJ45 D'Addario Pro Arte Nylon Core Silverplated Wound strings. Which i'm used to but i would like to listen your opinion . Gracias and have a great day maestro

My god the guitars are 10 grand a piece.

please ami picado lesson!!! great video!!!

@Grisha did you study classical pieces as well?

Thank you for the great video! I was wondering if you could clear up some confusion of mine regarding the section on tabs. When you say you never read tabs and instead go by ear, do you mean that you don't read any kind of notes as well? That would be surprising to me!

Grisha, you say you protect the guitar from the guitar support suction cups using removable plastic. What specifically is that plastic? It must stick well enough to cling to the guitar and yet be removable. Do you know whether it can work with the french polish shellac finish on my Spanish flamenco guitar?

What other Guitar Support product you would recommend other than ErgoPlay, since you mentioned in the video that put plastic cover so not damage the guitar..

That's a nice shirt.

Спасибо за ответы! Какие пьесы вы бы посоветовали начинающему во фламенко?

can you tap on your guitar?

Grisha, you don't read tabs. Can you read standard notation and maybe more importantly) do you ever do it for classical or other pieces? I'd have to assume you can do it because of your training. Out of curiosity, how did Eliot Fisk feel about you learning pieces by ear?

hi Maaestro. What kind of plastic protector should I use to avoid to damage the finishing of my guitar with the suction cups? adhesive one? like the golpeador protector? Thanks

Thanks maestro. Are you using the foot stool at the same time with the ergo play?

And your capotraste?

Hi I assume you normally just read sheet music instead of tabs.

Please do not take this badly but I realised you look like the chef in Ratatouille.

Arent those bad for your natural nails?

Where are you from

Учить фламенко по табам вообще не понимаю как. Очень сложно по табам. Самый лучший способ, это, конечно, по видео урокам, и вживую.

Здравствуйте. Если Вы попробуете струны Dogal (голубой нейлон сильного натяжения), других Вам не захочется! Не благодарите;-)

How old are you? I thougt you were 25-30

But u didn't tell us the length of ur nails!!!!!!!💔