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This page covers the techinques for muting strings, and when to use each one.

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Muting With the Pick

Use your guitar pick to mute the string when you're going to play another note on the same string. This means your next note will be a 'rest stroke' since the pick is already resting against the string.

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Muting With the Side of Your Right Hand

You can mute the strings with the side of your hand when you want to create a silence of pause. This also works well when you want to mute several strings at once.

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Muting With Your Thumb Above the Pick

You can mute the strings with your thumb when you are about to move to a higher string.

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Muting With Your Right-Hand Fingers

You can mute the strings with the fingers of your right hand when you are moving to a lower string.