Most intermediate players are doing this but don’t know it. its def a must to focus on this so that it comes naturally and not forced. thanks for the lesson.
So True about distortion masking mistakes. I was practicing scales on clean tones and thought I was getting good. Turned on some distortion and couldn’t believe my ears.
You're very meticulous, which is great! I love all the fine detail and thought process that led you to your end results. And your results are Good! Today I'm off and I would like to get in a good practice. I'm definitely go over all this. You uncovered so much in a 11m video. Thank you
You just helped me address my mobility issue clearly with the side of the palm vs. The meaty bottom side stuff. I can play fast AF with thrash riffs, but get locked and almost pained with solo riffs. It's because I'm always using the side of my hand and almost locking it in place even if I'm going up or diagonal with the strings.
Since I mostly play acoustic, as I'm not inspired by my current electric guitar at the moment, I've got all of these basics of muting down pretty good. However, when I do go over to guitar, the one noise it has that I don't get on acoustic is created from my palm touching/brushing/rubbing against the lower strings. That's the noise I'm trying to figure out how to mute. Also, I like the tip to practice with distortion only, I will do that.
I've been doing exactly what you explained in this video, as far as muting is concerned, forever. Recently, I been practicing "all hammer-ons", no pull-offs (see Rick Graham and Marshall Harrison on RU-vid), and it's really highlighted the small holes in my muting because even though I'm not picking at all, the muting is mostly the same, in theory.
Great lesson indeed and much appreciated. But there's another muting method too which isn't talked about very much for some reason. I believe it's the golden ticket because it frees up your picking hand totally and allows you to float and yet keep perfect muting. It's the fretting hand mute using it to both mute lower previously played strings and higher strings at the same time.
@eichardjones2811: Yeah, I know what you're talking about. I don't know why nobody talks about it. Cuz you're using your left hand to mute ALL the strings you're not playing at that instant, above and below whatever notes you're playing. What it requires is (this is why nobody talks about it) you have to have extra fingers growing out of the palm or heel of your left hand. That's the ONLY way to do what you describe. I've known two guys who did it. They were both polydactyl, and in addition to a thumb & five fingers they had two extra fingers growing out if their left hand, right at the heel where it attaches to the wrist. They always had to wear long sleeve shirts and keep their extra fingers tucked up in the sleeves so that ppl wouldn't be freaked out. But they sure could mute those strings.
I practice both unplug & distortion. I'd say some who says distortion covers up mistakes are dumb. Also there's some instances where distortion is harder to play than unplug.
My palm makes noise while I mute the lower strings when playing arpeggios. I don’t understand how to prevent it. Scratching noise from the palm touching the strings and the hand sliding up and down. The pickups too sensitive, is it my guitar tone?
Great video 🔥🔥 !! Thank you Can you please try to explain how players that do not use right hand muting (for example, Marty Friedman and Michael Angelo Batio) clean up sloppy string noises?
Hi man, I have a simple question: Are all your videos, past and future, about fast, fast, fast? Because in that case I don't really need to keep the subscription alive to be honest. Any lesson planned on feeling, tone, call & response, harmonics, etc? Or is this just "get over it with as soon as possible"?
Distortion covers _mistakes_ .. string noise is NOT a _mistake_ :/ (and no, I do not mean it is deliberate, I mean it is not classed as a mistake such as note-bleed, pick attack errors, note errors, etc)
