Another newbie question :(
When you're playing a series of different string consecutively not chorods everytime i pick my finger up off the string that i was holding down..as soon as i the string pops back up it makes a different pitch and i cant see it being realistic to mute every single string after u pick it because often you have to play many very fast. Could this be due to something else, some setting i can adjust or what? When im playing near bridge and when i play a real high pitch note as soon as i let the string return to the open posistion it makes a low pitch faint noise it completely throws off the whole effect. It's hard to describe this via text but hopefully somebody knows what im talking about..thanks!
# 1
The low pitch noise you hear is probably the open string note.
When lifting your finger off the fretboard you have to be careful not to pull the string in any way. What you are probably doing now is almost a pull-off to the open string.
Try to lifting your finger straight up and minimize any lateral movement. You can also add a small amount of palm muting. Not too much, just enough so the string won't ring but this is harder to do on smaller strings.
When lifting your finger off the fretboard you have to be careful not to pull the string in any way. What you are probably doing now is almost a pull-off to the open string.
Try to lifting your finger straight up and minimize any lateral movement. You can also add a small amount of palm muting. Not too much, just enough so the string won't ring but this is harder to do on smaller strings.
# 2
Hi bertkc,
What Benoit says is right.
What Benoit says is right.
Jean-François Renaud
http://www.myspace.com/jeanfrancoisrenaudmusic
http://www.myspace.com/jeanfrancoisrenaudmusic
# 3
Yeah, what a lot of people forget is that guitar playing isn't just hitting notes.
It's also learning to mute unplayed notes with the left and right hands.
Over a period of years, it becomes second nature but for beginners it's hell at first. A couple of tricks you can use is to back off on the guitar volume and treble a bit. (most guitar players seem to like playing at full volume and treble for some reason).
You can cut back a little on the overdrive if you're using it.
You can also use a lot of right hand palm muting over the bridge during leads.
Other than that, it's a whole bunch of tecniques that you learn over time.
Just bending one note up and down on the 3rd string, 7th fret for instance can include using your left hand thumb and third finger to mute the other strings while you bend up, then as you're bending back down using the first and second fingers of your right hand to block the 1st and 2nd strings to stop them from ringing on. I'm constantly using fingers that aren't actually playing anything to mute strings.
Of course in the studio you can always cheat a little too.
If you're playing a lead that only uses the 3rd and 4th strings, take the other strings off... or use a hair braid to mute all the open notes or use a piece of duct tape over the 5th and 6th strings if you're playing D chords on an acoustic.
It's also learning to mute unplayed notes with the left and right hands.
Over a period of years, it becomes second nature but for beginners it's hell at first. A couple of tricks you can use is to back off on the guitar volume and treble a bit. (most guitar players seem to like playing at full volume and treble for some reason).
You can cut back a little on the overdrive if you're using it.
You can also use a lot of right hand palm muting over the bridge during leads.
Other than that, it's a whole bunch of tecniques that you learn over time.
Just bending one note up and down on the 3rd string, 7th fret for instance can include using your left hand thumb and third finger to mute the other strings while you bend up, then as you're bending back down using the first and second fingers of your right hand to block the 1st and 2nd strings to stop them from ringing on. I'm constantly using fingers that aren't actually playing anything to mute strings.
Of course in the studio you can always cheat a little too.
If you're playing a lead that only uses the 3rd and 4th strings, take the other strings off... or use a hair braid to mute all the open notes or use a piece of duct tape over the 5th and 6th strings if you're playing D chords on an acoustic.
# 4
This is a common thing with newer players learning the muting process. The thing to practice is remembering that you have two hands to mute with, not just your palm. The fingers on your fret hand can mute open strings and so can the extra fingers not used to hold your pick. It just takes a light touch from either (or both) direction(s) that is comfortable to mute unwanted noise. Focus on these techniques and it will become natural over time, just like tying your shoelaces.
# 5