The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master (Including Beginners)

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In this episode I will show you The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master - MUTING Strings properly.
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@thehoser55 3 года назад

Paul Gilbert had a great tip to help practice this. He said to practice with your amp gain turned way up and try to play clean. The excessive noise will instinctively drive you to try to control the strings you don’t want to hear. Try this for a few days then try to go back to normal gain or clean and it will be so much easier to control. This type of practice finally got me to understand and incorporate string muting into my playing and that one thing alone made me sound a hundred times better.

@MultiCugel 3 года назад

Thanks! that's really usful to me, going to do that.

@ashamael 3 года назад

EXACTLY.

@miketeabag6501 3 года назад

Great tip, thanks 👍

@smoorej 3 года назад

Really good tip, thanks

@elbrayanqebinquispecondori 3 года назад

Sorry im not a native english speaker hahha, with gain you mean in the volume, dont you? Please it would be very useful, anuway thanks for the advice

@TomoFujitaMusic 3 года назад

Great lesson!! Thanks Rick!!

@charleskriefall8491 3 года назад

Great to see one master supporting another!

@rajabhcletus921 3 года назад

Another legend is here!

@juanluguitar 3 года назад

@TomoFujitaMusic I’m still struggling with “Just Funky “ rhythm, my problem is not muting strings properly, thanks Rick Beato for your lesson.

@davidcd9027 3 года назад

if you say that, must be

@monocyte2210 3 года назад

Hello sensei

@BecomeTheKnight 3 года назад

I feel attacked, Rick

@gwkonyoutube 3 года назад

Me googling "how to play piano" after watching this

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 года назад

@@gwkonyoutube that’s too funny.

@HeathenwoodOfficial 3 года назад

Your playing is very good Mike.

@yonitznkc 3 года назад

You’re not alone.

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 года назад

@@yonitznkc lol.

@davefiano4172 3 года назад

I was worried I’d never get this, but then I stopped fretting about it.

@bt8593 3 года назад

Please pin this, Rick.

@frigginjerk 3 года назад

YES! Ten points for you, sir.

@CMM5300 3 года назад

Best comment

@davefiano4172 3 года назад

I finally landed one lol.

@SeekerGoOn2013 3 года назад

You must stop right there!!

@luckydog-287 3 года назад

It is becoming more clear just why I am not a rock star.

@seaoftranquility7228 3 года назад

Muting schmuting, right. 👍

@sweetnsourchick1761 3 года назад

Who wants to be a rock star, anyway? All that money, fame, lots of attention from the opposite sex. Oh, . . . yeah. Me? 😒

@alfonsomunoz4424 3 года назад

I suck at guitar and my hair is perpetually in the awkward stage between too short and too long.

@luckydog-287 3 года назад

@@alfonsomunoz4424 - I would not have been able to post that, about having hair.

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 года назад

Lol

@thewhim8151 3 года назад

Rick: goes from a G power to a C power chord Me: IT'S MORE THAN A FEEEEELIIIIIIIIIING

@BobbyGanoosh 3 года назад

My ears were hearing anarchy in the UK the whole time :D

@thewhim8151 3 года назад

@@freesk8 Boston used the I, IV, vi and V chord progression before it was cool...("cool" as in "outrageously overused")

@alekblaser 3 года назад

Kiss kiss Molly’s lips

@thewhim8151 3 года назад

@@evansteidtman962 Which one? More Than A Feeling goes G-C-em-D

@alexmanujlov 3 года назад

Playing "Can't Stop" by RHCP really helped me to improve in muting.

@lozo2331 3 года назад

Same! Really helped me grow as a player.

@MrQwerty1242 3 года назад

A string muting masterclass!

@xtaicho2842 3 года назад

Same! I recommend "Give it away" for another challenge :D

@DesSherwoodGuitarTuition 3 года назад

Yes! That's a great one to help with muting! Can't be done otherwise!

@saulf.4678 3 года назад

Hahaha, that's just what I was thinking! It's one of those songs that lets you know you NEED to get better at a certain technique, in order to play it and make it sound good.

@extasis1111 3 года назад

Thanks for the lesson Rick

@laneadamson5686 3 года назад

String muting is important, but don't fret about it.

@depatterson7357 3 года назад

Badum tish.

@DaveMiller2 3 года назад

One thing you should take note of is that string muting is key.

@BSIII 3 года назад

Some of SRV's tone comes from his insane muting ability when soloing. He banged on all the strings for one note, and it thickened up that note like rue in gravy.

@MooseyFate100 3 года назад

Jack White is also really good at this I think

@MikeyBakerMusic 3 года назад

Cold Shot is the tune that really made me realize how important this is.

@SnookiePookums9 3 года назад

Roux?

@MooseyFate100 3 года назад

@@MikeyBakerMusic Playing the Pride and Joy verse riff properly requires lots of this

@leegilbert5804 3 года назад

@@SnookiePookums9 You'll rue the day...

@MikeMastropierro 3 года назад

“You don’t want to do that because it sounds like a mess.” - Rick Beato, 2020

@SW-fn7cl 3 года назад

Its my mess though Rick!

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 года назад

Class act.

@vicentcarro 3 года назад

Put this in epitaph

@cjstevens6405 3 года назад

I'm curious about this statement though, because with the chord position he's in when he says that, if he frets instead of mutes all the strings in line with his index finger, it's a straight Am chord, rather than a flat-out "mess"

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 года назад

@@cjstevens6405 now that is attention to detail.

@martinjjtaylor9129 2 года назад

I’m a very strong and confident singer, but I’ve always been self conscious about my guitar playing because of my inability to control extraneous string noise. Thank you for this video I’m going to practice this for the next two weeks. Also I have really enjoyed a bunch of your videos and plan on getting your book. Thank you, again 🙏

@tung-x 3 года назад

Comment muting is also important :-P

@JKenjiLopezAlt 3 года назад

Thanks Rick. My big problem is hitting extraneous strings with my fingertips or nails when I’m doing really heavy bends. Frequently I’ll accidentally pluck one of the lower strings when releasing a bend, which is OK acoustic but sounds really bad with any kind of distortion. Any advice?

@vincentsmit8436 3 года назад

omg I have the exact same, it's so frustrating

@varunagrawal7036 3 года назад

@@vincentsmit8436 same

@drumsruan 3 года назад

Same. I've always wondered about this..

@arthurxafis 3 года назад

You have to mute with your picking hand with bends, it’s pretty similar to palm muting!

@Henry-uv9xu 3 года назад

I would have never expected to see you here! Love your videos.

@autodidacticprofessor869 3 года назад

This is such a big thing. One of the things I struggle with the most, is other strings ringing out when they aren't supposed to be. It's annoying and I totally agree that it's an underrated skill that needs to be worked on.

@qdoyle81 3 года назад

Try holding power chords with your index finger on the low string and just your pinky on the higher two instead of pinky and ring finger. The way you have to hold your hand in order to keep the pressure on the strings forces you to mute the strings you don't want to play. Or that works for me, anyway.

@jennycraigadventures3314 3 года назад

@@donmackie6086 For me, palm muting when pick individual notes is tough

@HeathenwoodOfficial 3 года назад

Muting is especially important for distortion. Its common knowledge but as a beginner, I never heard how bad it sounded when I let unwanted strings ring.

@seaoftranquility7228 3 года назад

Me too, in fact as a beginner I thought distortion was the last tone you needed to worry about stray notes. So wrong of course.

@TheNinnyfee 3 года назад

You're just too excited to play something, and sometimes you just focus on other things like the strumming rhythms. And that's ok for beginners, you need new goals like muting down the road.

@Chuck-U-Farlie 3 года назад

this is probably the MOST important lesson for anyone who gets a few years in to their playing/ writing. It's not just about the notes you play, but also the notes you don't play. Look at a player like Kurt Cobain. there is no way he could play with the amount of gain he used unless he had a mastery of which notes of the chords he wanted to play and which he didn't. I would add that the pick attack itself can help with this, as eventually you learn that you don't need to hit all six strings on every strum, but may only want to hit the three low strings on the down strum, and the three high strings on the up strum. It really does separate a real musician playing a song on an acoustic from that friend of yours playing around the campfire. This realization completely changed my playing.

@charlesthebrit 3 года назад

Thanks Rick! I’m just started learning guitar to help my songwriting. Excellent teaching!!

@cesardmora86 3 года назад

I'm sorry, but Kurt Cobain is not a good example of a clean player. He was a very good example on how to play noisy and still sounds great. He was dirty. If you play his songs with a clean technique, it does not sounds good, you cannot reach the nirvana.

@alt9162 3 года назад

Really not with you on this example, just check out some live videos. He was awsome although his playing was messy!

@DeadpoolX9 3 года назад

@@cesardmora86 also I think a lot of the notes/chords he played happened to sound great with open strings.

@Chuck-U-Farlie 3 года назад

@Cesar Mora i don't know what you mean by 'clean player' but if you mean that he couldn't sound exactly the way he wanted to, then i would disagree with that. I used him as an example specifically because many people think that he 'sucked at guitar'. My contention is that he liked how he sounded and strove for that sound. You yourself said that you have to play the way he did in order to sound like he did.

@christofchaos 3 года назад

Great video Rick! To add, muting happens with both hands. When the low E, A, and D, strings need to be muted, a little bit of palm helps. I have a new Ibanez acoustic made of Nyatoh and it loves to spontaneously reverberate the D string when I'm playing on the G, B, and high E. I've recently had to retrain myself to palm mute when I'm not playing the lower strings so the ringing stops. Love your vids. Thank you for making us better!

@johntousseau9380 3 года назад

"You just have to get gud." -Rick Beato, 2020

@betrulyyou 3 года назад

Right 😂

@joshtonkin7684 3 года назад

Haha was looking for this comment

@siphonicsugar836 3 года назад

Great lesson! A video lesson discussing muting during tests in a riff or melody. Using left hand to mute or right hand to mute... that would be great to discuss

@chrisjames1924 3 года назад

*Can’t Stop* by RHCP is a good song to demonstrate this technique. It’s a simple, repetitive riff but my god it’s DIFFICULT.

@richardharmer7933 3 года назад

Couldn't agree more!

@lightninray 3 года назад

Def good suggestion, I remember learning that one way back when.

@kevinjones1942 3 года назад

He does a cover of New Dawn Fades by Joy Division too which also requires a lot of muting. I just learned Skin Blues by him which has a pretty fast paced bit in it which requires a lot of muting. These three have definitely assisted with my muting!

@bits-of-bass 3 года назад

Voodoo Child too... I also like to practice playing random melodies or bass parts while strumming all strings -- regardless of the original song. I sometimes practice the same thing using octaves too.

@pgilly7783 3 года назад

I remember when I was about 17-18 yrs old learning palm muting from a friend of mine. I noticed right away something was different with the way he sounded. It totally changed the way I sounded as soon as I mastered it. I 100%agree that this skill is so important to the way we sound🖒

@Vyrall-nk2xd 3 года назад

When people learn the very basics of guitar, open/ cowboy chords, it is highly stressed not to touch a single other string in any way, shape, or form. “In absolutely no way can you touch any of these other strings if you want to play an open C chord. Only touch the fretted notes. You can’t mute any other strings if you want to play cleanly.” We have to internalize that and make it an ingrained and automatic habit. Then when you get more advanced, you have to throw that out the window because you realize that half the time, pros play only parts of open chords and chord fragments and so many lead lines and chordal lead guitar riffs require your fingers to touch the other strings. Now it’s “you have to touch every other string if you want to play cleanly.” I think this is why it’s hard to mute: it goes against the foundations of technique we learn as basic beginners.

@alestev24 3 года назад

Very true. Great point. You search for clear tones on all six strings, or at least five for years, and all of a sudden, you are supposed to do the opposite.

@rexwave4624 3 года назад

On bass, after I learned how to mute everything all the time, I sounded too controlled, especially if chords were needed, so I learned how not to mute and let the strings ring where needed.

@classygary 3 года назад

Use your ears and let your fingers do the talking

@redmed10 3 года назад

You've got to know the rules before you can break them.

@fredherfst8148 3 года назад

I knew a bass player who didn't understand when, what, and how to mute. He would play the correct notes, but you often couldn't hear them through the low freq messes he would leave behind. It hurt my bass playing inner self. Actually, I saw a vid a year ago on this subject and got quite paranoid for a while until I realized I was already muting what needed muting. Hard not to learn about muting when learning bass.

@jpdrumming92 3 года назад

Another one is: don't fret too hard so you don't bend the notes.

@sweetnsourchick1761 3 года назад

Guilty! ✋

@ivanfoofoo 3 года назад

Yes! I had this issue when I started playing with an electric guitar with jumbo frets

@natetolbert3671 3 года назад

I often fret too hard. I end up hurting my fingers way too early and just have to play through to keep practicing. Don't get me wrong, the searing pain coming from my fingertips is a good reminder, it always just comes too late. XD

@ivank563 3 года назад

“This seems really complex because it is” Rick Beato

@maxandmoose 3 года назад

I was starting think I was just a moron and it was a little too much about 5 seconds before he said that :)

@Smudger654 3 года назад

Excellent Rick! Probably your most important lesson in a long time. I've been trying to get this stuff over to my students for years. I've tried to get over to them that this is often the main reason why their playing doesn't sound as good as they want it to - particularly when they record themselves. I've also warned them that there is relatively little coverage of this important subject on the Internet. At least I can point them at something now. By the way, I often like to draw a comparison between the guitar and the piano, which is of course damped by default, and where you have to press the sustaining pedal to allow the strings to ring.

@marpsr 3 года назад

I’m also a piano tech, and sometimes I take a piece of felt and place it under the strings under the first fret. Great for leads, you just can’t playing any open strings or first frets.

@NorthsideJonnyBeato 3 года назад

I’m so glad I showed you how to do this long ago!

@MichaelBazik 3 года назад

Underrated comment :D

@mccloysong 2 года назад

great lesson.

@pawnhearts8785 3 года назад

What Makes This Song Great? “The Things We Do for Love” by 10cc

@michaelarthur4764 3 года назад

Great video Rick !

@8MinuteAxe 3 года назад

Great lesson Rick. I've been doing a lot of Doc Watson/Chet Atkins alternating bass with a thumb pick and proper muting is extremely important to the sound. It definitely takes a very specific amount of palm muting to articulate the note without it fully resonating. And for sure, muting is essential for those Wes style octaves. The intro to the Road Song is a great workout for those looking to get into octave soloing. I really appreciate it. Take care! -Mark

@brianreisker5041 3 года назад

Can't Stop by RHCP, Reptilia by The Strokes, and Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn are some great songs to help you master left hand muting.

@luckyfaz9614 3 года назад

Been playing in reggae bands for 20 years. Not possible without knowing how to mute with both palm and strings.

@OneGuitarist 3 года назад

Excellent points, Rick. The amount of muscle memory knowledge you need to control a high gain amp really makes you clean up your playing and your muting skills. It's very unforgiving, which is exactly what you want for practicing and growing in your playing because any and all mistakes are glaringly obvious. Great video, man!

@josephrigley8974 3 года назад

@Rodney McMinge also shows up a bunch of others.

@nostro1001 3 года назад

"Getting the angle right with your finger," now there's some solid advice! 😊

@danielflintknapping 3 года назад

This is the only guitar technique that comes natural to me, everything else i have to struggle with 🤣

@retired4365 3 года назад

That's why my big hand ass went to playing the bass. 😉😂🤣

@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma 3 года назад

@@retired4365 Speaking of which. I pretty much learned to automatically mute with my fingers thanks to playing bass, on which it is even more important than on a guitar, if you don't wanna sound like a complete noob. Surprisingly, that basic bass skill translates well to a guitar.

@bldallas 3 года назад

I agree 100%!

@TheMurrblake 3 года назад

Same for me!

@hendrix5757 3 года назад

@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma that's actually a notable point! Learning/playing bass guitar, in particularly finger style, will naturally incorporate various left & right muting techniques as a component within an arrangement, riff, and/or groove, as opposed to primarily focusing on cleaner execution for guitar!

@unclespeedy 3 года назад

Damn, hitting extraneous notes was the only thing I could do well.

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

kind of like bonus notes. I do it too!

@smoorej 3 года назад

I consider it a win when I play any chord without extraneous notes.

@isaiahmarquez9717 3 года назад

@@hanreality.7266 BONUS NOTES! 🤣

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

Isaiah Marquez yes, either that, or I miss the top strings.

@alancosens 3 года назад

He's right. The greats are great at muting. After 30 years of playing, I've concluded that the hardest thing to do well is mute unwanted noise, especially when bending with a lot gain. I was actually thinking about this the other day before seeing this video. You bend into other strings and strings sound when releasing bends or with wide vibrato. It's easy to play FAST, though it takes some time to work up to high speeds. Playing FAST without ANY additional string noise is NOT easy. Playing very fast with lots of wide bends without ANY additional noise is nearly impossible when playing very loud with high gain. Always practice with an amp turned up fairly loud. If you practice electric unplugged a lot, you'll find that when you plug in and turn up you are a very "noisy" player.

@ChrisInNashville 3 года назад

1,000th!!! Oops...😬 Seriously, though - amen on this! When I started teaching myself to play at age 11 or 12, somehow this came naturally to me and I wasn't even aware of what I was doing because I didn't have instructional books/internet/RU-vid... just me, a Guitar, record/tape/radio and desire to learn. Didn't know if I was doing anything right/wrong/neutral...(some things I still don't know what I'm doing! 😂😂😂). But string muting IS essential and key in playing Guitar! Great video and lesson, Rick!!!

@vladimpala1859 3 года назад

I thought I was going to hear Rick say, "Hey everybody, I'm Johnny Cash."

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

Vlad Impala I love your name! Currently imagining a vicious gazelle.

@DesSherwoodGuitarTuition 3 года назад

But instead he said "Hey everybody, I'm Rick Beatos" Play it again and you'll see! lol

@TundraMan 3 года назад

When people ask me what the difference is between playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar, I say the main thing I've noticed is that with an acoustic you have to focus on playing the strings you want to hear. With an electric you have to focus on muting the strings you don't want to hear.

@thehoser55 3 года назад

I grew up learning guitar on acoustic. I spent a lot of time pounding out open/cowboy chords on all 6 strings. I found the transition to electric guitar to be very frustrating. I thought it would be easy but it was always a noisy mess. Took me a long time to finally figure out how to get control of the strings on an electric and how important string muting was.

@MichaelBazik 3 года назад

@@thehoser55 That is the place I am now... I started playing a while ago but never upgraded from a TERRIBLE (never setup) acoustic. I used to think action was for pros and low action was for bums.... Now my picking on a nice acoustic or any electric is SO bad. Super aggressive. All this is also why my dynamics are trash (well, that and a lack of playing ability lol)

@thehoser55 3 года назад

@@MichaelBazik I used to be very ham handed as well. It took way less work to play on an electric than I had ever imagined. The touch took a while to develop. I even played on really thick strings (13s) for a while to help with the transition. I play 10s now. Thinking about going to 9s or maybe even lighter now that I have the dynamics under control. Light strings are fun to play once you learn you don’t have to strangle them. The book that really helped me was “Single String Studies for Guitar” by Sal Salvador. That, a metronome and about 15 minutes or more a day really got my hands in sync and under control. The Guitar Grimoire Exercise book is also another great option. Keep practicing and it will come. If I can do it anyone can. Good luck!

@lanochevolar2401 3 года назад

Great stuff, thanks Rick. Due to me being 300 years old, I mostly play fingerstyle accoustic these days. Even some classical!! (Gasp!!!). Muting is sooo important. Just as an aside, what do you say about string squeak? Annoying? Unavoidable? Irrelevant? Product of poor technique? Don't worry about it?

@countersign 3 года назад

Most important lesson in music is how to make less noise. Seems appropriate.

@natetolbert3671 3 года назад

Yes, the best musician is the one who knows what not to play.

@Keeferz4Keeperz 3 года назад

In Any Power Chords ..There are ways to take advantage of not using muting too..but beware ..it changes Chord quality. ie: Play a root 5 A pwr ..leaving open 2nd & 1st ..becomes an Asus2..or a B power chord (root 5)...w open 1st & 2nd strings becomes a Bsus4...try other power chords w open strings too ....again just be aware of what it does to chord..you'll find some that work well..and you'll find some that are awful...

@justinhowell3527 3 года назад

Its very Zen really, "to play like a master, one must master the art of not playing many strings"

@lesbehan 3 года назад

Hi Rick, a non musician here but I really like your videos, you’re a great presenter. I’d love to know what you think of music training apps like Yousician?

@johantaharin491 3 года назад

malaysia says gd mng🇲🇾🎄🎅..merry xmas and a happy new year.

@jamesmurphy9630 3 года назад

5:57 Rick: 'That's insane, right? You just have to get gud.'

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

After playing for 3 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. Learning and mastering it helps rhythm and lead playing with enhance tenfold.

@zunapalooza 3 года назад

After playing for 35 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. So naturally, I had to get a 7 string to make it even harder.

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

@@zunapalooza Ahh haha. Yeah it's definitely difficult. But it can be done!

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

@@maelvogue Cheers man!

@mariocatch 3 года назад

“You just have to get good” Ah, that’s why I’m having an issue.

@elrincondelaguitarra3050 3 года назад

I agree. Learning this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. It took me a while to get the basics of this. Even now, whenever my playing's sloppy, it's because I'm not paying attention to mute properly. And yeah, It IS difficult but keep at it. You will be rewarded, guaranteed!

@yusuftor 3 года назад

If you’re a beginner I’d say before muting you need to make sure you sync your hands so that you hit the right string at the right time. That way you only really need to mute the surrounding strings rather than all of them. But I agree with everything else that you said!

@DylanL69 3 года назад

Yup thats a good tip

@BeinBollom110 3 года назад

i was just getting into string muting when playing single notes and this video comes out. Thanks Rick :)

@6ddevil 3 года назад

I found Srv’s Cold shot to be a good song to learn muting.

@antonioarcudi1897 3 года назад

I read that as Sars-Cov 19...

@paulking283 3 года назад

Another excellent lesson from Rick.

@XistoKente 3 года назад

0:01 "I'm Rick Beatos" tell me someone heard it too

@DylanL69 3 года назад

I did

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

“Rick Beato’s clone” maybe?

@8MinuteAxe 3 года назад

It's just the editing. He used a smooth cut function and the s from so was slightly cut into end of Beato. You'll notice how his head moves to the right a little too. I use it all the time, especially for intros where I sometimes trip over the easiest stuff. :)

@Matt-1d 3 года назад

Being self-taught, and having played exclusively acoustic for 22 years, I never knew this was a thing. Then I started playing electric, and the unplayed strings rang out horribly. So learning how to mute quickly became imperative, and I've been working on it for the past two years. This video was the most useful I've seen about teaching specific techniques for muting under different circumstances.

@JariSatta 3 года назад

Rake till you make it

@ThomasBrandoGreenman 3 года назад

this is a subject I've wanted to know more about for a long time

@Jopeymessmusic 3 года назад

"You just need to get gud" Rick confirmed a dark souls fan.

@zackkotzias3304 3 года назад

You should do a video like this but for muting on bass!

@philcarpenter 3 года назад

I've picked up the guitar like 4 or 5 times in my life but always end up not having the time to devote to it. If acoustic guitar was a skill you could buy I'd pay damn good money to have it. I need to pick another one up and just chill with it for a while. I never was any good but maybe I can get some nice easy stuff to relax with. Thanks Rick!

@arlo2203 3 года назад

learning guitar comes down to ONE simple word: "passion'. can't tell u how many times friends/family have asked me to teach them how to play. i always say no. if they ask a 4th time, i know they've got "some" passion. i will not bother with someone who thinks they want to learn. we're both pissing in the wind. i will teach someone who is burning with desire... who must start NOW! if you have passion, you will learn. same in golf, chess, or any other pursuit.

@DylanL69 3 года назад

Its just practice thats all and it will probably take you 2 weeks to get it somewhat

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

Treat yourself to some lessons to get you started and motivated!

@fullwaverecked 3 года назад

Great video! Great subject! I've got to be one of the worst players on the planet. But muting helps hide a lot of that. Just wish I could move the volume knob into the next county... Cheers!

@davidtoth1 3 года назад

Agreed! I would add proper alternate picking and also tremolo picking. Most of the guitarplayers today lack these skills, but they do all kind of goofy tricks while they immediately sound like a noob given them an acoustic guitar.

@cookergronkberg 3 года назад

RHCP's Can't Stop is a good song to practice muting.

@motnoswad107 3 года назад

Really can't thank you enough for the free education

@Dubravko_Sabolic 3 года назад

I don't tape the strings to mute them. I loosely tie a sock at the top of the fretboard, to the lowest possible place where it is not in the way. It works awesomely.

@gobuns2 3 года назад

Hmm, I thought about doing this but it seems like running away from learning muting to me :D

@galelongputt 3 года назад

That only works if you don't plan on playing any chords that need open strings to ring out.

@alanjamesh.zamorano1677 3 года назад

You instantly lose 20 respect points among seasoned players with that move

@jamesp9141 3 года назад

That's a trick shredders use. They'll put a scrunchy/pony tail holder behind the nut.

@jamesp9141 3 года назад

@Rodney McMinge That's classic, I 'am writing that one down!

@lorenharris2965 3 года назад

Good video Rick. Are those actual cabinets in the back or is that a poster? If it’s real, do I video on that gear? There’s an episode for you. Thanks.

@RickBeato 3 года назад

Yes they are all real. Maybe I will do a video soon about it

@FrankNawrot 3 года назад

This is a nice video. To the young guitarists watching this: it is of equal importance to be able to pick with accuracy. You should be able to pick a power chord, or any chord, in the manner Rick lays out here-you should also be able to pick chords without your pick touching the other strings. If your goal is to only play aggressive rock riffs, you can probably ignore my comment.

@DocRobotKey 3 года назад

The intro to Run Like Hell is Dave Gilmore Playing Muted through his Pedals...

@DocRobotKey 3 года назад

@@jsullivan2112 Agreed but still muting. Is that a Mute (moot) point? lol

@DocRobotKey 3 года назад

@@jsullivan2112 Okay.

@grizelda4526 3 года назад

Yes! Your video about how important this is for bass players is always in my head.

@mirkosteiner 3 года назад

First I thought: what kind of bull.... will he talk about when I clicked on the video - because most videos with such a title have a lot in it. But he is right, even if it may not easy to to learn. There are a lot of different muting techniques for different situations. I think left hand muting is very underrated and definitely worth to learn it. Thanks for the video! ❤️

@maced640 3 года назад

I've been playing guitar for quite a while now. And I still have problems with muting at times.

@quailstudios 3 года назад

Hi Rick, are you copying me? I just released a video on this three weeks ago. ;) it’s called “How to mute unwanted strings”. Great video by the way!

@quailstudios 3 года назад

It must be in the cosmic ether...

@tonysimmons5729 3 года назад

So Rick, I believe you just created a chord progressions for the next WHO classic. Townsend owes you. 👍

@ChoobChoob 3 года назад

I'm not a great guitarist at all but my muting is pretty good; I accidentally tricked a Producer into thinking I was a professional.

@RudyGOfficial 3 года назад

I learned a lot of this technique when I learned John Frusciante tracks.

@MartinJohnZ 3 года назад

6:00 That's right, a boomer just told all of us to just 'git gud'

@solomonleonard3915 3 года назад

Thanks so much. I'm getting into the Acoustic Guitar and this was so great.

@brautigan81 3 года назад

I always thought Frusciante was really good at this. It's like a staple in RHCP's sound.

@Phi1618033 3 года назад

When Rick used his thumb I could hear the sound of thousands of guitar technique purists throwing their computers against the wall.

@hanreality.7266 3 года назад

Jimi did it all the time...

@johnmcevoy3598 3 года назад

Half of making the sounds you want with the guitar is not making the sounds you don't. My technique is fairly unorthodox, but my left thumb wants no part of those strings.

@dennisneo1608 3 года назад

Why? Nothing wrong with using the thumb. It's a whole extra digit.

@johnmcevoy3598 3 года назад

@@dennisneo1608I would love to play 'Pinball Wizard' and 'Little Wing' the right way. My hands are too small. So I gotta play 'wing chun' style

@TWMTWM-eb1lw 3 года назад

Rick, the second thing you are teaching but didn't say is "the rake". SRV was the master of the rake. Both Cory Congilio and Texas Blues Alley show great rake lessons. You showed the how and those guys show the why. If you want to sound like Stevie it's a must. Like you said it is essential in rock and blues playing. The best example of the octave you showed is Mike Campbell's opening on "American Girl". Classic.

@jeremyschiesser7086 3 года назад

This needs to be displayed at every guitar center from the moment they open until the sun burns out

@deniseflahavin3031 3 года назад

I received this 2 hours after transmission. 17k views later. Not muted, just delayed.

@Swordshreader 3 года назад

Great video!!!

@michaelgilpin6180 3 года назад

After watching your videos I realized that I know very little about music.

@nozziebear8478 3 года назад

This is cool stuff a lot of players don’t think about. Very useful and practical tips.

@matthewkanter7585 3 года назад

Thank you !! Question please- is the Beato Book available in a printed book form ? I purchased the pdf a couple of weeks ago and I’m wondering if there is maybe an option to get a printed form .

@jimray2281 3 года назад

4th

@edelcorrallira 3 года назад

Honestly that is a really nice thing about classical guitar and bass. Both require focus on string muting (there are some sloppy classical guitarists, but sloppy bass just makes a huge mess... Most of your efforts are spent on muting while starting out)

@celebrityjeremy3559 3 года назад

This is the most useful video on the Interwebs.

@allosaurusfragilis7782 3 года назад

Ive recently realised, during lockdown, that for me , it doesnt actually matter if i never get to be a great guitar player. I just play for my own pleasure, not going to play in a band or record. So all that matters is that i enjoy it. Sounds obvious but its removed a lot of frustration. It might also mean i wont improve much but it doesnt matter . I cant be the only one in this boat. So just relax, enjoy playing and stop beating yourself up about it, is what im trying to say.

@michaelshearer3559 3 года назад

Muting has always been one of my stronger suites, however single note lines, and even octaves don't necessarily require you to hit all 6 strings, often times you get by with just 3 or 4 strings. It really depends on the style you are going for and the attack. Frusciante does the whole 6 string approach very well on a lot of RHCP albums. Sounds especially good on cleaner to mild overdrive tones, because it really gives it that edge. If new young players can learn string muting, and string vibrato early on they will be in great shape as they develop.

@million_heir5298 3 года назад

I really wish Rick did more examples of actual songs. Octaves and power chords are some of the easier examples of muting. I kept waiting for him to bust out a song, but he probably didn’t want this one to get demonitized.

@fenixiliusstrife1253 Год назад

Can't Stop is a perfect example of this. He is strumming all 6 strings during much of it but only allows the exact ones he needs to ring out. It adds a unique rough effect to each note. Frusciante is also an excellent example of using the thumb to mute the low strings.

@markspin4596 3 года назад

Regarding your first lesson segment, one shouldn't have to mute the other stings to play a power chord if they have good right hand strumming control...

@gdkopinionator4356 3 года назад

Muting is one of the more "advanced" fundamentals of playing. It is also one of the areas where electric guitar requires a higher level of technique than acoustic guitar.

@DylanL69 3 года назад

Not necessarily its actually more of a beginner technique just need to practice it more

@granttrowbridge5298 3 года назад

Preach. It’s one of the reasons I’ve been avoiding electric guitar and playing more acoustic guitar. I gotta face it head on.

@Hotsk Год назад

Very well explained, although I don't understand why anyone would choose to play single notes by strumming all 6 strings.

@tomstewart932 3 года назад

Awesome video, Rick!

@TheFtocFactor 3 года назад

Rick: You need to learn to mute the high strings in a power chord. Me: Yeah, I can do that. I just can't bar the chord to make each string ring out. Guess I need to learn to make each string ring out, and then unlearn that so I can mute the strings.