String Muting and Damping

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String Muting - Part Two

Rock/Blues Licks That Require String Muting - Example 1

With Muting

Without Muting

Rock/Blues Licks That Require String Muting - Example 2

With Muting

Without Muting

Rock/Blues Licks That Require String Muting - Example 3

With Muting

Without Muting

Rock/Blues Licks That Require String Muting - Example 4

With Muting

Without Muting

Raking The Strings

A very effective technique for lead guitar that uses the muting technique is the "string rake". Here, we place the hand in muting position before striking the first note of the lick, and "rake" across a couple of dead strings on our way to the first note of the lick. It adds a great "texture" to the sound.

Lick with String Rake

Damping for Blues Shuffle

Here is the damping technique used to enhance a blues shuffle.

Blues in A with Damped Bass

Bass Damping in Fingerstyle Blues

Here is "Fishing Blues" from TrueFire's Blues University course on FingerStyle Blues, played with a damped bass line.

Fishing Blues


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