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Jun 26 2007, 07:19 AM
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i thought you used the finger you about to use to mute the last string you played.
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Jun 26 2007, 09:02 AM
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Guys - you should always use palm to mute the strings. The slight touch in left hand can help muting but it's not the main key. You should be able to play it with totally right hand muting.
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Jun 26 2007, 11:44 AM
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QUOTE (JOhn @ Jun 26 2007, 12:41 PM)  i thought you said on the up part the use you left hand to mute. It's ok to use it on the upsweep but down sweep is right hand mute 100%! Also - you won't always be able to mute with left hand. These basic shapes are simple but the more you advance the more difficult it becomes so right hand should be the main tool! And also - index finger will always touch the string below the one you are playing so you don't even have to think about it. This post has been edited by Pavel: Jun 26 2007, 11:47 AM -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jun 26 2007, 12:09 PM
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QUOTE (JOhn @ Jun 26 2007, 12:57 PM) OH NO more sweeping stuff to learn  Which finger is the index again? and i don't get it how are you supposed the mute string when going up if your hand is above the strings? Just read the above post again!!  I said it's ok to mute with left hand on upsweep!Index finger is the first finger on your left hand (not counting the thumb). -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jun 26 2007, 12:38 PM
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QUOTE (JOhn @ Jun 26 2007, 01:12 PM) but you said you cant always mute with the left hand. Yes that's right! Because the basic shapes are very linear and simple to play. There are much much more difficult things about sweeping out there. Ok let's make it like this: practice the basic shapes as i explained in Basics Of Sweeping - read the comments as there is a huge post explaining it step by step. When you come to more advanced stuff you'll already know enough to figure it out on spot.
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Jun 26 2007, 02:04 PM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Jun 26 2007, 08:40 AM) you've been patient with all these questions Pavel, more patient than I could have been. Not that anybody is doing anything wrong asking, but after the same question from dozens of people, has to drive you nuts at some point. Seems to me that if i extend my fingers, and hold my pick properly, and place my palm properly at the bridge, the right hand just moves naturally doing the damping. I am not saying i do it as well as Pavel, but it improves over time without me thinking about it. I just keep striving for improved sound, and I think my right hand just takes the cue all by itself, doing things better, without me micro managing that effort. My experience was a little different - my sweeps were dirty even at slow speeds. I knew how to mute but I couldn;t get it together. I kept trying, and eventually one day it clicked and now I can play cleanly (although slowly still). I think I had to get the basic mechanics in place, and a certain level of synchronization going before I could then focus my attention on the palm and muting. The moral of the story is .... PRACTICE! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jun 26 2007, 06:38 PM
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Ok guys - i see everyone of you understand what i say the way you want it - not the way i say it!!
When a lesson on Basics Of Sweeping first popped up we had some HUGE posts going on there in the feedback, Fkalich spent a lot of time asking me questions and clarifying things about sweeping - Thanks FKalich - and finally - we did a huge post describing sweeping from the beginning to the end!! So - what the only thing you should do is go there and read the feedback as there are LOADS of info there!! You DO mute with left hand on upsweep but you don't do any extra movement - it's just a part of the natural motion you do when playing sweeps. So don't get bothered with it and just play it. BUT - left hand will be of no use if you don't have good control in right hand. In these simple shapes you can use index finger to mute all the problematic areas, but for example if you play diminished 5 string arpeggios you won't be able to do it. So - before asking any more questions - go through BASICS OF SWEEPING lesson!!
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