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eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Hold your hand in the position of a letter C, or as though you are holding an orange. Bend your wrist forward slightly, and let your forearm rest across the top of the guitar. That will place your fingers right at the strings.
Step2
Keep your hand near the strings while you stroke. You don't want to strum through the strings and then raise your hand up. For the classical sound, most of the work is done as plucking. Focus the movement through the entire arm, keeping your knuckles curved, and once you have plucked, move your thumb back to its original curved position without flinging it out the other way. In other words, have nice, controlled movement.
Step3
Place your thumb, which is called the P finger in classical guitar terminology, on the base string. Pluck the string, and immediately move your thumb back in place along the other fingers while the string relaxes on its own. That will give you a nice bell-like tone.
Step4
Move your thumb back to position by way of the shortest route toward the string, or a straight line, instead of coming around to it at an angle. Use quick, straight strokes.