Basics of Muting - 101 Tutorial

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!

awesome lesson ivan!

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

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Great tutorial Ivan, important topic

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?

Great lesson man.

Great one Ivan. This is so important to know! thanks for this Ivan

great tutorial mate !!!

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!

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

Fabulous lesson, congratulations.

Great idea for a lesson Ivan. Excellent as always:D

Very important topic! Great lesson as always Ivan, very well explained.

Very essential topic covered here Good job!

I'm a dirty shredder!

Thanks to you, Ivan, I can mend my ways!

great job Ivan as usual.

Nice lesson, very useful!

always love your intros.

Cheers!

I always enjoy you trying to play like crap as an example. Ha, you can't do it.

great lesson

Excellent lesson! I've been waiting for this one!

Great topic!!

Cool, great stuff

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.

very useful, thanks

FANTASTIC!!!

You are really a fundamental piece of GMC Ivan. Perhaps Kris should grant you some stocks!

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

Just learning Gabriel's stoner rock lesson and realise how crappy it sounds without muting

nice tutorial ivan

Hey Ivan!

great tutorial!

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

Great Lesson!

very good topic!