Re: Technique Problem: String Muting

On Tue, 09 May 2006 11:53:23 -0400, David Raleigh Arnold
<darnold4@xxxxxxx> wrote:

That's because it takes very little motion in the LH to stop a string from
sounding, if it can be done at all. Sometimes you run out of fingers
and still have open strings to mute. If you are playing finger style,
never use the RH palm and use the left side of the RH thumb, but
only when you can't use the LH. The thumb is a faster and much more
useful technique than the palm in the RH. You can do without more rules
because, again, not much motion is required. daveA

If you are flat picking do you still use your thumb of your RH? It
seems like you can roll your hand over while picking if you practice
at it. The more I play the more I realize that its a lot of these
little technique that make the difference between sounding like ok,
and sounding very good, which is why I'm so curious how people handle
this problem. I am completely self taught so I've never watched
anyone up close or had anyone show me how they pick and fret to sound
clean notes.
.

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