Introduction: Right Hand Control

Another key ingredient in rock rhythm playing is palm muting. We've already used this a bunch throughout level 1, so you're most likely pretty comfortable with the basics at this point.

But since it is such an important tool, we're going to dedicate this tutorial to really honing in on some next level palm muting tricks and techniques in a rock context. One of the best ways to force yourself to work on palm muting is to use a lot of gain, because that tends to get super messy if you're palm muting isn't spot on. So today we'll venture into some hard-hitting, hi-gain rock and maintain our focus on the palm muting through all of it. Let's get started!