Basics of Muting - 101 Tutorial Lesson

Ivan Milenkovic

Basics of Muting - 101 Tutorial

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- Adrian Figallo18th October 2011
  very good topic!
- Ivan Milenkovic2nd July 2009
  Thank you man
- isaccoubaldi2nd July 2009
  Great Lesson!
- Ivan Milenkovic22nd December 2008
  Thanks mate, I'm glad you found it useful
- pake18th August 2008
  Thanks Ivan
  
  I didn't know the muting is so importand.
  Thats the reason why my arpeggios sound so
  dirty. So I must practice that muting tec.
  The right hand tec. is familiar for me but
  i haven't never heard the left hand style muting.
  
  So thanks about good tutorial
- Ivan Milenkovic14th July 2008
  Thanks Carlos
- Carlos Carrillo14th July 2008
  Hey Ivan!
  
  great tutorial!
- Nick32512th July 2008
  nice tutorial ivan
- Ivan Milenkovic11th July 2008
  Thanks for kind words man. Just practice muting with everything else in that lesson on very very slow tempos and it will sound pro.
- Nighthawk111th July 2008
  Just learning Gabriel's stoner rock lesson and realise how crappy it sounds without muting
- Nighthawk111th July 2008
  The lesson is great Ivan...firstly it is very well explained how to mute, secondly it does really sensitize you to mute the strings always when playing ! As you said if you get used to it, you will do the right things to mute the strings subconsciously..and hey..what is better than your brain doing all the work alone
- Ivan Milenkovic10th July 2008
  Thanks man for kind words. No need for Kris to do that, the mere fact that I am a part of this great place is a reward to itself
- JuanMV10th July 2008
  You are really a fundamental piece of GMC Ivan. Perhaps Kris should grant you some stocks!
- Ivan Milenkovic10th July 2008
  Thanks Pablo
- Pablo Vazquez10th July 2008
  FANTASTIC!!!
- vietzilla10th July 2008
  very useful, thanks
- Ivan Milenkovic9th July 2008
  Of course man, I wouldn't recommend thinking about muting while jamming, this cannot be done. Focus it while practicing and it will be embedded in the way you play.
- Nazgul9th July 2008
  Is it okay if I just think about muting when I'm practicing and not when I'm jamming? Because otherwise I'll be VERY slow while jamming.
- Joe Kataldo9th July 2008
  Cool, great stuff
- Ivan Milenkovic9th July 2008
  Thanks guys, I'm really glad you like the lesson
- Muris Varajic9th July 2008
  Great topic!!
- Nazgul9th July 2008
  Excellent lesson! I've been waiting for this one!
- Marcus Siepen9th July 2008
  great lesson
- kahall9th July 2008
  I always enjoy you trying to play like crap as an example. Ha, you can't do it.
- Ivan Milenkovic9th July 2008
  Thanks man, cheers
- Xose Pineda9th July 2008
  always love your intros.
  
  Cheers!
- Danilo Capezzuto8th July 2008
  Nice lesson, very useful!
- Hisham Al-Sanea8th July 2008
  great job Ivan as usual.
- Ivan Milenkovic8th July 2008
  Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it. It is more some my ideas about the muting then a regular lesson, but I hope it will help
- jacmoe8th July 2008
  I'm a dirty shredder!
  
  Thanks to you, Ivan, I can mend my ways!
- Bogdan Radovic8th July 2008
  Very essential topic covered here Good job!
- Marcus Lavendell8th July 2008
  Very important topic! Great lesson as always Ivan, very well explained.
- Henry Dietzel8th July 2008
  Great idea for a lesson Ivan. Excellent as always:D
- Gerardo Siere8th July 2008
  Fabulous lesson, congratulations.
- Sami8th July 2008
  Excellent lesson Ivan, helped me confirmed some ideas i have on muting, cause i taught it to myself and i didn't know if i was right. Thanks for this
- Marek Rojewski8th July 2008
  Many thanks for the lesson Ivan! After watching it I am scared that this is so huge and overwhelming nad difficult, and that it will take ages for me to learn it, but I also know that I have to slowly learn it, and this video will help me in it. Once again thanks!
- Juan M. Valero8th July 2008
  great tutorial mate !!!
- Alex878th July 2008
  Great one Ivan. This is so important to know! thanks for this Ivan
- Nemanja Filipovic8th July 2008
  Great lesson man.
- Ivan Milenkovic8th July 2008
  Thanks for kind words guys
  
  @Freebird
  In the main text, spoken video and other videos I always stress the importance of combining the right and the left hand in the process of muting.
- Freebird8th July 2008
  Nice one Ivan! But if you use distorted sound muting with the left hand is useless because you will hit harmonics and stuff which will make MORE noise... what do you think?
- Dejan Farkas8th July 2008
  Great tutorial Ivan, important topic
- Nighthawk18th July 2008
  aaaaaannnnd theeeeeeree it iiiisssssss....I am sure one of this Most Wanted Here with GMC have to check it out immediately...!
- chmilew8th July 2008
  Great lesson Ivan, I love how you always find the good words which offer to us a great and clear explanation !
  As Kris said, this knowledge is really important for many techniques,as well for alternate picking as for sweeping etc..
  
  Thanks Ivan
- Martin la guitarra8th July 2008
  awesome lesson ivan!
- Kristofer Dahl8th July 2008
  Excellent topic Ivan!
  
  I can't stress the importance of this enough. If you want to shred this is what sets good shredders apart from the dirty ones.
  
  If you want to play funk (or "skunk") it is virtually impossible without this knowledge.
  
  And finally if you just want to have killer tone - you can't live without this knowledge! (This is what feels most important for me)
  
  So thanks again Ivan!

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- Tags: Playing clean, Cleanness, Spoken, Damping, Control, Cleanliness, Tone, Sound, Palm mute
Hi GMC, welcome to my new tutorial, this time we will concentrate on the basics of muting the strings.

Muting the strings is very important in order to have a good and defined tone. For all of you who are not familiar yet with the concept of muting, and even those of you who are, this tutorial can give you some ideas how to approach muting in a healthy and easy way.

This is a 101 lesson for easier understanding, and I hope that I will help in some way to make your tone and playing even better with the advices given. Have fun. :)

This lesson contains:

- concepts of muting
- basic muting techniques
- note muting
- rhythm muting
- right hand muting
- tips how to approach muting

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