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I've been playing my Telecaster a lot more lately with just a little bit of gain. And I've also been enjoying playing in the middle- and bridge-pickup positions.
All these factors make me much more conscious of right hand muting. I'm not ham-fisting it, but just lightly keeping my right hand's meaty palm side brushing against the strings, which keeps other open strings from adding too many overtones. It's something I was much less aware of in the neck position.
Of course metal and heavy rock players mute all the time. On the other hand, a lot of flat-picking acoustic players free-float their right hand and don't mute at all. But I'm curious how many jazz players here are right-hand muting (at least lightly)?
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11-25-2023 11:43 PM
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Yes, I mute with both hands as necessary.
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I don't mute at all, but I've used a string damper at times.
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I mute with both hands.
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I mute the lower strings with the side of my right hand thumb, which has the nice side effect of giving a very shallow picking depth, making string crossing easier. I mute the higher strings with my left hand first finger.
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right hand muting
yes
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I have a floating right hand but default but playing distorted forces the issue. Getting used to it….
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Only ever used palm muting when instructed to by the music I was reading, the only example I can think of is some funk lines/riffs in the style of Nuno Bettencourt from an issue of Guitar Techniques from almost 20 years ago! I practice these for plectrum technique and they still sound cool...
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There’s a distinction to be made between muting the notes you’re actually sounding - a common rock/metal sound - versus muting strings that are intended to be silent - an essential rock/metal technique, and one I prefer even for clean archtop playing.
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I mute with whatever is handy. I like the middle and bridge positions on my Tele, too, but I have an „ashtray“ bridge cover that I rest my right hand on. Therefore I mute a lot with my left hand, or the right hand fingers.
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Originally Posted by CliffR
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Originally Posted by CliffR
Having watched a few of Adam Rogers' my music masterclass videos, he seems not to do this... at least on the videos where he's using a clean sound.
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I wonder how people who use a Benson rh picking style mute — I guess it would all be in the left hand?
Mike Moreno has an unorthodox right hand technique. It does look like he mutes (by which I mean lightly dampens other strings) with his left hand.
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Originally Posted by James W
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by telejw
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Originally Posted by James W
This is one of the cleanest high-gain players I’m aware of. He’s using palm muting:
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Originally Posted by CliffR
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Both hands, every string not intended to be sounded is damped for all chords, double stops, lines, all tempos, all styles... If I "freeze" my playing and examine I find all the strings I don't want to hear are being touched by either the left or right hand without me thinking about it, no idea how it works, the hands figured it out on their own.
I also very lightly damp just about all I pick on the wound strings for tone, also don't know how the hands learned that... right hand damping is never close to the bridge.
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Yes, muting with the right hand is essential. I cover some of that in this video...
Pat Metheny - Essential string muting technique for jazz guitarists - YouTube
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In chord melody I do think about damping and include it as part of the arrangement. Mostly, I do it with the left hand, by letting a finger lean on the offending string.
In playing melody I don't think about it much, but I'm probably doing some unconsciously. I'll be aware of it if I'm using open strings. Not the most common thing, but I play a few heads where putting a note on an open string helps me get the thing up to speed. I'm not likely to play open strings in a solo.
In comping, I may use either hand.
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