by Eirikur Blodax » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:37 am
Hi all,
I stumbled onto this old topic looking for a solution to exactly the phenomenon you're describing here.
Recently I bought a new guitar, an all solid classical that came with extra hard tension nylon strings,
and I found many of the individual strings in a chord chiming...
After restringing and winding/unwinding strings there was no change, but then it struck me: it's all my own fault and has to do with tension changes directional forces!
Plucking up with my thumb or pick I hear a lot of additional tones like in the uploaded video, but striking down far less so. In addition to that, the pressure on the strings (again, self-inflicted) makes a huge difference on this new guitar - remember it is an all solid with the high tension strings that do ring out substantially.
So: forming the chords with just enough string pressure gives me a well-sounding tone every time, plucking up or down makes no difference. Pressing down hard away from the fret gives significant under- and overtones when played individually, especially when plucking up.
Maybe my experience and explanation makes sense and helps someone (I couldn't sleep, thought my guitar was faulty!),
Cheers,
Eirikur
PS: Striking the entire chord makes the additional tones quite pleasing actually...