STRUMMIMG

use a pick it will come in handy
what your doing isnt wrong but it would more likely be used in some sort of classical or maybe country style but it is all doable with a pick and you will get a crisper sound just keep playing with the pick dont put it down and youll have it in a matter of weeks if that

THANK YOU SO MUCH I WILL TRY THE PICK AND KEEP AT IT YES THE STRUMMIMG
IS THE HARDEST PART REALLY THANKS ALOT FOR THE INFO KIND REGARDS JOHN

THANK YOU YES AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS THE ENJOYMENT
BUT I WILL PRACTICE WITH THE PICK !!!!! BEST OF LUCK
ON YOUR MUSICAL JOURNEY THANK YOU FOR THE INFO

Hey,

Naah, don't use a pick with nylon strings.  But don't tell Willie I said so.  OK?

Roll right thru the night...

Willie Nelson uses a pick on his nylon string guitar.  He's worn a hole right through it.  Martin offered to repair the guitar for him free of charge, but he said he likes the way it sounds and will just keep on keeping on with what he's got. 

I have a nylon string classical guitar as well, upon which I'm playing folk and country tunes mostly.  I am trying to learn fingerpick (though I can't seem to get my thumb to pick a bass line while my fingers work independently on a melody), but I play with a pick sometimes too.  I think of Willie Nelson and his beat up old guitar he loves so well each time I do it.  How he gets the speed he does when he and the band get to jamming on songs like "Bloody Mary Morning" or "Good Hearted Woman In Love With a Good Timing Man" I have yet to understand. 

And one last thing, when I was camping with some friends last month, one of them brought a guitar and was playing.  His fingers got sore and he knew that I had been learning, so he asked me to play a few songs while he took a break.  It was a folk style steel string guitar.  It was FAAAAAAAAAR easier to strum than on my nylon string classical.  When I learned to juggle, I used tennis balls because they're much harder than beanbags, so when I used bean bags things were really simple.  I think learning to strum on a classical is kind of the same thing.  It's harder to learn on, but once you've got it - YOU'VE REALLY GOT IT!

- Zurf