Muting Unwanted Noise on Guitar

Muting unwanted noise for electric guitar, both left and right hands discussed.

Excellent article here - http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/the_guide_to/the_ultimate_guide_to_gui... that covers pretty much everything I didn't in this vid. Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• freepower
• UG
• guitar
• muting
• lesson
• left
• right
• hand
• palm
• index
• unwanted
• noise
• clean

[NO11YOU]

I started using my thumb for muting, my thumb tends to brush the string i'm playing on, sounds the same but is this acceptable?

[FreepowerUG]

@NO11YOU if it sounds the same then I guess it's not a problem. :)

[Pierceher]

oi mate thanks for the lesson, do you recommend practicing with the gain up to 10 ? is it feasible to sound 100% clean like that?

[FreepowerUG]

@Pierceher You should practice with and without gain - and it's definitely possible to remain 100% clean using these muting techniques. ^_^

[TheDeputydoodoo]

hii:) this questioon is guna sound amateur but im still pretty new to guitar...say im playing the d string...i wud mute the A string with my index finger...but wud it be acceptable to mute the E string with my thumb?

[FreepowerUG]

@TheDeputydoodoo Sure, but you can't keep your thumb over the top of the neck all the time, it'll kill your stretch. Your right palm should be able to handle that job pretty easily. :)

[RiseClown]

I don't get it, HOW YOU MUTE WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND :(?

[master18666]

This is awesome but that last bit where you're ascending and muting with your right hand thumb i learned by myself without any lessons and it feels awesome to know that it's an actual technique. :)

[FreepowerUG]

@vicpro1 Either/both. :)

[vicpro1]

I've always muted with the palm of my hand, should I be using my thumb instead? I'm confused.