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Now curl your fingers so the tips are touching the strings, giving each finger its own string as indicated in the [[#Notation|notation section]] above. You want to use the same parts of your right-hand fingers as you would use your left-hand to fret. The only difference is that when fretting, your finger tips are directly over the strings and will push them straight down onto the frets. The right-hand finger-tips should actually be below (or under) the strings, as though you are preparing to use an upstroke to sound each string. Each finger should be resting against its assigned string, without making any contact with an adjacent string.
The actual plucking motion is very similar to how you would pull a trigger. Your wrist and elbow should not move. All the motion should come from the individual fingers. This causes the finger to push through the string at a 45 degree angle - it should slide off the fleshy part of your fingertip near the side of your finger nail closest to your face. So it's not like you are "scratching" the string with the very tip of your finger, but allowing it to slide off the side of your fingertip. The plucking motion for each finger should only pluck its assigned string, not multiple, which should be quite natural due to the 45 degree angle of your wrist and the plucking motion.
When arpeggiating chords, you cannot place the finger at rest against the string after it plays its assigned string - the note should sustain. Then you have to hover the finger over the string until it is ready to pluck it again.