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hay...
just was wondering...
i see a lot of people doing this...
assuming you use the left hand to hold the strings/chords...
as they are playing (struming w/ right hand)... i see them release the chord and then press down on the exact same chord again... (in an interval of maybe 1 sec/1 beat)
when they release it, they are muting the chord for that one beat right?
and... when they do that... do they mute the other chords as well? (like the strings that are being played as open) [320033]
i do not know if i made much sense... but hopefully... you professionals... can take the pieces and make sense of it...
h2o
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Heya,
To mute open chords, I use my right palm. Just sorta slap it against the strings.
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You gotta watch and listen. Maybe they're muting, maybe they're scratching the strings, or maybe they're just caught up into the song and just doing stuff. I've done all three.
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That brings me to another point. If there's a player you like, try to get a video and study what he's/she's doing. You can pick up alot of cool things that way.
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Originally Posted by [h2o] hay...
just was wondering...
i see a lot of people doing this...
assuming you use the left hand to hold the strings/chords...
as they are playing (struming w/ right hand)... i see them release the chord and then press down on the exact same chord again... (in an interval of maybe 1 sec/1 beat)
when they release it, they are muting the chord for that one beat right?
and... when they do that... do they mute the other chords as well? (like the strings that are being played as open) [320033]
i do not know if i made much sense... but hopefully... you professionals... can take the pieces and make sense of it...
h2o It does add another sound. Altough- for me it's more so habbit than anything.
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Left hand muting techniques are essential for many styles. The basic idea is that when you're putting your fingers on a string, and not pushing down you're gonna either mute the tone or get a harmonic. It may sound like a simple fact, but it can bring about a lot of unique techniques using all the ways you can use your fingers to mute different combinations of strings, play muted rhythms, and more.
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Sometimes I dont totally mute the strings, just a little then push harder on certain beats - either because it just sounds cool or to add some sort of beat to the songs, especially with no drums.
This is on my acoustic. On my electric and sometimes on the acoustic I just palm mute to mute it.
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It should be noted that pushing too hard results in detuning, though.
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In general, that's the basic technique for left-hand muting. There are also right (strumming/picking) hand muting techniques. Used in combination, they can give a guitar sound a lot of rhythmic sense, sort of like having a percussion section when you play.
nate
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sometimes letting your fingers off the chord alittle bit and just sort of very fastly strumming up and down sort of gives it that mute.
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It's a function of Syncopation. It's used in Funk a lot.
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Or, hammer ons for multiple strings, even whole chords.
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Originally Posted by Hopeful Or, hammer ons for multiple strings, even whole chords.
Probably not what he was referring to, tho that could otherwise be the case.
What I was referring to was playing a straight 16ths pattern, and then clamping down on the beats where you want the syncopations. Like I said, blues and funk do that all the time.
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here is an example, however poor it may be, that shows the mute. you can hear it but all your doing is lifting your fingers off the strings alittle