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== Muting ==
Time to work on muting (silencing) the guitar. (This is different from the technique of palm muting.)
This exercise focuses on both right and left hand muting by breaking them down individually.
left right both
E--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
B--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
G--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
D--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
A--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
E--0----(x)----0----(x)----0----(x)--
When muting with the left-hand, avoid the following:
* Applying too much pressure to the strings, pressing them into the frets (even if only momentarily), causing noise and possibly ringing strings
* Slapping your fingers against the strings too quickly, causing a slight percussive sound
* Using only one or two fingers, [[Tuning and Harmonics#Harmonics|triggering a natural harmonic]] to ring out (especially when muting over the lowest order harmonics' pivot points (12th, 7th, and 5th/24th frets))
* Muting only a few instead of all of the strings
When muting with the right-hand, avoid the following:
* Accidentally picking (or even tapping the pick against) a string
* Slapping your palm against the strings, creating a percussive sound
* Rubbing your palm against the strings once they are muted, which will cause noise
* Applying to much pressure to the strings - depending on your setup, this may cause noise in the following ways:
** the bridge to do a whammy dive
** the strings to touch the pickups
** the strings to touch the highest fret
* Muting too close to the bridge which will simply dull the notes instead of muting them
* Muting only a few instead of all of the strings