muting "dave" chords

ihopeyoulockedthedoor · Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:00 pm

How does Dave mute the middle string when playing his common chord like the one in two step :

10
x <--------this is the problem
8
10

if anyone can help i would appriciate it.....

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:03 pm

Just make sure that your fretting hand lays over the strings so that they are muted. In this case the pointer finger on the 8 should lay across the d-string to mute it.

ScroogeMcDuck · Post by **ScroogeMcDuck** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:20 pm

Yeah, just touching the string should mute it. So use your index finger that's holding down the 8 and angle it down a little to touch the string below. -Mike

grock · Post by **grock** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:36 pm

i want to know how someone could do that chord with out muting it (not that you'd want to). that's the harder of the two.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:46 pm

i have a similar..sort of reverse problem. when i play that chord further down on the neck, like the 31x3xx chord in the Stone, i end up muting the A string accidentall with my ring finger, the one fretting the 3 on the E string, and i end up with a chord that is 3xx3xx.

is there any way to fix that?

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:55 pm

I don't wanna sound redundant, but yeah I know how to solve your problem, practice, practice, practice. I had the same problemo and after a while, you figure out how to position your fingers slightly different than just sloppin them down on the 10 8 x 10 chord for example.

billywestom · Post by **billywestom** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:05 pm

Jay wrote:i have a similar..sort of reverse problem. when i play that chord further down on the neck, like the 31x3xx chord in the Stone, i end up muting the A string accidentall with my ring finger, the one fretting the 3 on the E string, and i end up with a chord that is 3xx3xx.

is there any way to fix that?

one way to do that is to give a very slight bend of the A string, towards the D string, just enough so that it is out of the way of the third finger