Re: Muting on an acoustic


"Derek" <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It might be a muted note, or it might just be an unplayed note. With
an unamplified acoustic, you aren't going to get a lot of volume out of
a muted note.

I agree. Lets say you are playing a D major chord. That chord would be
played (properly) on strings 1 through 4, with a chord chart showing an X on
strings 5 and 6. This does not mean you mute strings 5 and 6. It means you
simply don't play strings 5 and 6. Often when playing guitar, and
especially bass, a player might mute some strings so as to not accidentally
play them, but strings in a chord are rarely muted to produce a muted or
percussive sound.

That said, ALL of the strings may be muted together to produce a percussive
sound when strumming.


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