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ericthecableguy
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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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