Palm Muting

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:21 pm

justinandimcool wrote:urrr I still can't figure out how to do it
How is it supposed to sound? Is it supposed to sound like "chica chica"? Cant you just do that by using your fretting hand? Or am I missing the whole point of palm muting?

when you palm mute you can still hear the notes or chords you are playing, they just sound a bit muffled, without as much sustain...

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:26 pm

here is an example of palm muting from guitarnoise.com

http://www.guitarnoise.com/audio/90/HOG2.mp3

the entire lesson can be found here:

http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=90

mrjones · Post by **mrjones** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:41 am

yeah thats what i thought palm muting is. when i played with a baggie sweatshirt that would lightly touch the strings, i thought that was palm muting.

takeit · Post by **takeit** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:01 am

palm mutes on too much

little ants734 · Post by **little ants734** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:32 pm

takeit wrote:palm mutes on too much

what does that mean?

Reckless · Post by **Reckless** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:54 pm

little ants734 wrote:
takeit wrote:palm mutes on too much
what does that mean?

i think it means: palm mutes on "too much"

Grandpagotgame · Post by **Grandpagotgame** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:26 pm

He palm mutes Dodo too. It's the only way to make it sound good. A lot of stuff he plays sounds great with a little palm muting.

charliemike · Post by **charliemike** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:52 pm

He palm mutes a lot more than most people would think. Two Step is palm muted a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if he palm muted Dreams of Our Fathers too.

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:55 pm

charliemike wrote:He palm mutes a lot more than most people would think. Two Step is palm muted a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if he palm muted Dreams of Our Fathers too.

He does. At least the first half of the verse.

Grandpagotgame · Post by **Grandpagotgame** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:58 pm

this is good advice for everybody, Dave palm mutes on a lot of his stuff, does anyone know any other songs where he palm mutes a bunch?

little ants734 · Post by **little ants734** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:29 am

i dont think he palm mutes too much, i think that maybe he damps the strings more than he palm mutes.. i think thats what you are mistaken for

mrjones · Post by **mrjones** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:45 am

i cant every play a hard song with palm muting, it seems like it restricts my strumming hand too much

charliemike · Post by **charliemike** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:44 am

mrjones wrote:i cant every play a hard song with palm muting, it seems like it restricts my strumming hand too much

It's an art for sure.

I can strum and mute but it doesn't sound that good. It takes a lot of practice to get the right amount of pressure so that the strings are muted but not totally damped.

Also, when you palm mute you're not taking big, sweeping strums like you normally would. They are more compact because of the constant contact the side of your hand has with the strings.

Just trying strumming G, A, and D (or any three chords) and palm mute those chords rather than trying to palm mute one of Dave's songs. Less frustration in my experience