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CrazyFreak
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05/02/2006 5:40 pm
Okay first of, all hey people! just got my account here today!!! :D Okay now for the question....... look at the tab:

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-----------------7-77777777-|
-----------------x-xxxxxxxx--|
------7-7-10-5-7-6-66666666|
-7777-7-7-10-5-7------------|

wtf do the x's mean?! any help would be appriciated :) . thanks in advance.
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bigbuda
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05/02/2006 5:52 pm
x's mean don't play that string, mute it with one of your fingers.
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05/02/2006 6:10 pm
Oh, so is that how guitarists who use picks play octave double-stops, by just muting the note in between the upper and lower root? I play fingerstyle, see, and I play octaves by plucking the two notes simultaneously with my thumb and index finger; and I've always wondered how guitarists who played with picks managed to play octaves... I think I see now...

But I suppose that must seem patently obvious to the rest of you! :o
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05/02/2006 6:31 pm
Thanks bigbuda!!! that helps alot because i was looking at some tab and i had no idea what was going on lol...thanks agian dude!!!
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05/02/2006 9:20 pm
Originally Posted by: CrazyFreakThanks bigbuda!!! that helps alot because i was looking at some tab and i had no idea what was going on lol...thanks agian dude!!!


No problem, anytime.
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05/02/2006 10:33 pm
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusOh, so is that how guitarists who use picks play octave double-stops, by just muting the note in between the upper and lower root? I play fingerstyle, see, and I play octaves by plucking the two notes simultaneously with my thumb and index finger; and I've always wondered how guitarists who played with picks managed to play octaves... I think I see now...

But I suppose that must seem patently obvious to the rest of you! :o


Yep, fret the bottom note with yer index and the high octave with yer ringer finger and yer good to go. Mute the x string with the bottom of yer index.
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