The art of reggae "chokes"

dmbDMBdmb · Post by **dmbDMBdmb** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:26 pm

I think they are called reggae chokes, even if they arent your probably know what i mean, but anyway

i try to do them buy just putting my pcikign hand on the strings and then jstu barely let it come up on upstorkes to let out a little nosie but it doesnt seem to sound right. what is the right way to do them?

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:16 pm

I let my fret hand come up a bit to mute the strings.

briguy945 · Post by **briguy945** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:30 am

Yea I'm interested in this too. Anymore thoughts?

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:47 am

i don't know if this is what you're referring to...but whenever i try to give something a reggae feel, i just do a combination of palm muting and muting with my fretting hand and only let the chord really ring out on certain beats

here's a simple G-C progression with that idea

http://mmasarik.dmbtabs.com/reggae.mp3