Editing Andrés Segovia (section)

== Technique ==
The right hand is responsible for the guitar's musical sound and so in examining the technique, the way the right hand is placed in relation to the strings is most important.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} For several years, it was thought among the guitar community that Segovia plucked the strings with a combination of fingertip and nail, as stated by [[Christopher Parkening]]{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}, but Segovia plucked the strings only with the nails. When asked which technique he used, he replied that it was "the only one there is: nails. Because they bring timbre differences and colour variation and give sonorous volume to the guitar."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/personajes-en-el-archivo-de-rtve/seis-cuerdas-guitarra-andres-segovia-1972/1402719/|title=Las seis cuerdas de una guitarra. Andrés Segovia (1972)|date=14 May 2012}}</ref> His right hand was placed so that the nails were perpendicular to the strings. That way, the nail alone would press the string. At the same time, it was thought that was the only way to avoid unpleasant noise coming from the low strings (E, A and D) of the guitar when they were  plucked.

Segovia created a strong bass sound with his right thumb in spite of his technique, largely because of the flexibility that he had in his thumb, which helped to create a very strong and voluminous sound in the bass notes.

Another innovation that separated Segovia from the Tárrega school was the search for the tension in the strings by placing his right hand further to the right side. That way, he could obtain colour variation but also an especially strong, round and voluminous sound, which was very helpful for giving concerts in big halls (the technique was later used by [[Narciso Yepes]]). Before Segovia, guitarists from the Tárrega school played the guitar with the hand right over the soundhole and thus created a mellow sound but could not fill the whole space of a large concert hall.

After World War II, Segovia became among the first to endorse nylon [[strings (music)|strings]], instead of [[catgut]] strings.<ref>[http://albertaugustine.com/ Augustine Strings]; see history</ref> That advancement allowed for greater tonal stability and was the final ingredient in the standardization of the instrument.