Hello all,
Any tips for strumming back up after a palm mute, I cant seem to get it right, finger and thumb just do not strum back up smoothly, instead they just get caught on a string and it makes a very ugly twanging sound. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks team!
Here is Tomo's comment:
"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. Muting is very difficult to control. Set your guitar and amp to be louder and brighter, so that you can hear all noises clearly. Repeat the same rhythm patterns, so that you can easily figure out what you need to work on. And watch more Guitar Wisdom lessons that cover muting!"
I am thoroughly enjoying Guitar Wisdom and really appreciate Tomo and the team putting together these videos (and the youtube videos). I’ve learned a lot. I also struggle with palm muting and picking - either too much (totally muted string or partially muted string). - this particular example is during If I do not palm mute - I get a sort of hum in the low e string. So, I find myself moving my hands to different positions to trying to correct it - relatedly, Tomo suggests that the picking is flat against the string (which definitely makes a cleaner sound) so I find myself searching to find the right position/place to put my picking (right hand) - all kinds of angles, wrist bends, etc. I enjoy the challenge of working toward that clean sound “no noise” - I wonder if there is something simple that I am missing, some fundamental that I can work on to correct this and repeat naturally so I don’t have to think about it all the time.
I find muting both palm and playing hand to be one of the trickiest skills to master. As a newbie here I havent yet got to Tomos ideas on learning this but I think playing really slowly and building up is important to mastering damping. Its always a problem for me once I get a handle on somthing to start speeding up before I've really mastered a thing. Slow right down and really listen I think is the key.