Originally Posted by: lh1710Once i strum a string and then lift my finger off i find that the sound of the open string is still slightly audible (kind of like a hammer-off?).
To fix this problem: do NOT remove your finger from the string. You want to maintain contact with the string as much and as long as possible in order to keep unwanted sound & noise from happening.
When you change notes, release just enough pressure from the string to stop the note from sounding, but keep you finger(s) lightly touching the string in order to keep any unwanted sound & noise from happening.
You can also help by slightly muting unwanted string noise with your right hand palm. The trick here is to learn to subtly control unwanted noise with muting from both your left and right hand.
You can continue to move forward through the courses, but remember to make muting a conscious part of your practice schedule. In other words, keep going forward, but keep working on muting!
Best of success.
