kulabula Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Anyone got any handy hints on muting when playing up on the D and G strings? I've a couple of ideas but not sure if they're correct. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I tend to rest the ball of my thumb over the top couple of strings web playing the D and G. Sort of a variation on the floating thumb technique; rather than anchor the thumb on the top string on the pickup etc, I rest the side of my thumb on whichever strings I'm not playing. From the front, it looks like I'm damping all the strings with my whole hand. Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulabula Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Gotcha thanks. I have come to the conclusion that if you leave your thumb on E and B, you have to leave a finger on A. But if you leave your thumb E and A you then have to mute B with your little finger. It's like algebra!! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 (edited) I use a combination of left and right hand damping. I used to mute exclusively with my picking hand but when I tried playing with a pick (or occasionally slap) it was chaos. I have my fingers fairly flat on the fingerboard muting any strings I'm not playing. Also fretting the notes fairly close to the frets means I can used less pressure to get a clean note and also seems to make stopping a note easier and quicker too as there's less movement involved. For the picking hand, Truckstop's advice about the floating thumb technique is probably the most sensible approach. I've got into all sorts of bad habits over the years and sometimes hop my thumb onto the strings to mute, or sometimes I mute with my third and little finger while the other two are walking. Edited March 6, 2013 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 +1 for the combination between picking and fretting hand being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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