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== Moving Strings while Muting ==
One of the more difficult parts of palm muting is to play two different strings with a continuous series of palm muted notes. When you palm mute, you are instinctually using your palm as an anchor or pivot point to move your wrist and make your picking stroke. To get the same quality palm mute on the next string involves sliding the palm across strings, which can feel awkward at first. Here are some exercises to practice:
1 n 2 3 n 4 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
----------------7--8--10--------------7--8--10-----------
--7--8--10-------------------7--8--10----------7--8--10--
1 n 2 3 n 4 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
----------------7--8--10--------------7--8--10-----------
---------------------------------------------------------
--7--8--10-------------------7--8--10----------7--8--10--
The only difference between the two exercises is that the 2nd one involves skipping a string, which really forces you to slide your palm instead of simply trying to ''reach'' for the next string. Both exercises have a little break between the first two string skips. This is so you feel the differences between playing one string, pausing, then playing the next, vs. playing one string directly into another string in-time.
Play both exercises using all down picking, then alternate picking. Try on a few different sets of strings, but mainly concentrate on the thicker ones.
1 n 2 3 n 4 1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n 1
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
----------------0--0--0---------------0--0--0------------
--0--0--0--------------------0--0--0-----------0--0--0---
All open strings...should be easy right? WRONG. We need to mute those open strings when we move to the next string. You'll have to use your left-hand fingers to do so. Muting the high string isn't so hard, but muting the lower string can be particularly difficult - you need to reach over the other string without touching it.
== Palm Muting and Muting ==