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→Fine-Tuning your Technique
This is where good muting technique comes in handy. You can use the right hand palm (the part nearest the wrist on the pinky-side of the hand) to dampen the thicker strings above the one you're playing. For the thinner strings, you can use the middle, ring, or pinky fingers of your right hand. Since legato involves no picking, this frees up the right hand to do so, albeit quickly and temporarily. For strings adjacent to the one you're playing, you can use the left-hand index finger to rest on them, at least partially. This works even if you are using that finger to fret a note - your finger-tip will fret the string you are playing, while your fingerprint can rest against the next string.
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e--(mute with right middle finger)-----
b--(mute with left-hand index finger)--
g---h6---h7---h9---p7---p6---h7---h9---
d--(mute with right-hand palm)---------
a--(mute with right-hand palm)---------
e--(mute with right-hand palm)---------
==Putting them Together==
