Yes or No, Nail or Flesh

• It is an argument that is slowly diminishing
• Beginning classical guitar players use the flesh (without nails) to develop good habits of finger movement
• Most will eventually use nails due to projection and the wide range of timbre (change in the basic tone) nails allow

Example

Example Explained

Free stroke is on the left and rest stroke is on the right.

The nail and the flesh touch the string at the same time.

The flesh stops the string from ringing without a click sound.

The nail actually sounds the string at the point of release.