The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master (Including Beginners)
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- In this episode I will show you The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master - MUTING Strings properly.
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Paul Gilbert had a great tip to help practice this. He said to practice with your amp gain turned way up and try to play clean. The excessive noise will instinctively drive you to try to control the strings you don’t want to hear. Try this for a few days then try to go back to normal gain or clean and it will be so much easier to control. This type of practice finally got me to understand and incorporate string muting into my playing and that one thing alone made me sound a hundred times better.
Thanks! that's really usful to me, going to do that.
EXACTLY.
Great tip, thanks 👍
Really good tip, thanks
Sorry im not a native english speaker hahha, with gain you mean in the volume, dont you? Please it would be very useful, anuway thanks for the advice
This is such a big thing. One of the things I struggle with the most, is other strings ringing out when they aren't supposed to be. It's annoying and I totally agree that it's an underrated skill that needs to be worked on.
Try holding power chords with your index finger on the low string and just your pinky on the higher two instead of pinky and ring finger. The way you have to hold your hand in order to keep the pressure on the strings forces you to mute the strings you don't want to play. Or that works for me, anyway.
@@donmackie6086 For me, palm muting when pick individual notes is tough
Great lesson!! Thanks Rick!!
Great to see one master supporting another!
Another legend is here!
@TomoFujitaMusic I’m still struggling with “Just Funky “ rhythm, my problem is not muting strings properly, thanks Rick Beato for your lesson.
if you say that, must be
Hello sensei
Playing "Can't Stop" by RHCP really helped me to improve in muting.
Same! Really helped me grow as a player.
A string muting masterclass!
Same! I recommend "Give it away" for another challenge :D
Yes! That's a great one to help with muting! Can't be done otherwise!
Hahaha, that's just what I was thinking! It's one of those songs that lets you know you NEED to get better at a certain technique, in order to play it and make it sound good.
Muting is especially important for distortion. Its common knowledge but as a beginner, I never heard how bad it sounded when I let unwanted strings ring.
Me too, in fact as a beginner I thought distortion was the last tone you needed to worry about stray notes. So wrong of course.
You're just too excited to play something, and sometimes you just focus on other things like the strumming rhythms. And that's ok for beginners, you need new goals like muting down the road.
When people learn the very basics of guitar, open/ cowboy chords, it is highly stressed not to touch a single other string in any way, shape, or form. “In absolutely no way can you touch any of these other strings if you want to play an open C chord. Only touch the fretted notes. You can’t mute any other strings if you want to play cleanly.” We have to internalize that and make it an ingrained and automatic habit. Then when you get more advanced, you have to throw that out the window because you realize that half the time, pros play only parts of open chords and chord fragments and so many lead lines and chordal lead guitar riffs require your fingers to touch the other strings. Now it’s “you have to touch every other string if you want to play cleanly.” I think this is why it’s hard to mute: it goes against the foundations of technique we learn as basic beginners.
Very true. Great point. You search for clear tones on all six strings, or at least five for years, and all of a sudden, you are supposed to do the opposite.
On bass, after I learned how to mute everything all the time, I sounded too controlled, especially if chords were needed, so I learned how not to mute and let the strings ring where needed.
Use your ears and let your fingers do the talking
You've got to know the rules before you can break them.
this is probably the MOST important lesson for anyone who gets a few years in to their playing/ writing.
It's not just about the notes you play, but also the notes you don't play.
Look at a player like Kurt Cobain. there is no way he could play with the amount of gain he used unless he had a mastery of which notes of the chords he wanted to play and which he didn't.
I would add that the pick attack itself can help with this, as eventually you learn that you don't need to hit all six strings on every strum, but may only want to hit the three low strings on the down strum, and the three high strings on the up strum.
It really does separate a real musician playing a song on an acoustic from that friend of yours playing around the campfire.
This realization completely changed my playing.
Thanks Rick!
I’m just started learning guitar to help my songwriting. Excellent teaching!!
I'm sorry, but Kurt Cobain is not a good example of a clean player. He was a very good example on how to play noisy and still sounds great. He was dirty. If you play his songs with a clean technique, it does not sounds good, you cannot reach the nirvana.
Really not with you on this example, just check out some live videos. He was awsome although his playing was messy!
@@cesardmora86 also I think a lot of the notes/chords he played happened to sound great with open strings.
@Cesar Mora i don't know what you mean by 'clean player' but if you mean that he couldn't sound exactly the way he wanted to, then i would disagree with that. I used him as an example specifically because many people think that he 'sucked at guitar'. My contention is that he liked how he sounded and strove for that sound. You yourself said that you have to play the way he did in order to sound like he did.
Some of SRV's tone comes from his insane muting ability when soloing. He banged on all the strings for one note, and it thickened up that note like rue in gravy.
Jack White is also really good at this I think
Cold Shot is the tune that really made me realize how important this is.
Roux?
@@MikeyBakerMusic Playing the Pride and Joy verse riff properly requires lots of this
@@SnookiePookums9 You'll rue the day...
"Getting the angle right with your finger," now there's some solid advice! 😊
Rick: goes from a G power to a C power chord
Me: IT'S MORE THAN A FEEEEELIIIIIIIIIING
My ears were hearing anarchy in the UK the whole time :D
@@freesk8 Boston used the I, IV, vi and V chord progression before it was cool...("cool" as in "outrageously overused")
Kiss kiss Molly’s lips
@@evansteidtman962 Which one? More Than A Feeling goes G-C-em-D
I’m so glad I showed you how to do this long ago!
Underrated comment :D
Being self-taught, and having played exclusively acoustic for 22 years, I never knew this was a thing. Then I started playing electric, and the unplayed strings rang out horribly. So learning how to mute quickly became imperative, and I've been working on it for the past two years. This video was the most useful I've seen about teaching specific techniques for muting under different circumstances.
Yes! Your video about how important this is for bass players is always in my head.
I agree. Learning this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. It took me a while to get the basics of this. Even now, whenever my playing's sloppy, it's because I'm not paying attention to mute properly.
And yeah, It IS difficult but keep at it. You will be rewarded, guaranteed!
Most important guitar video of the year and the best invested 10minutes if everyone's practicing it. THIS is influencing. So many thousand guitar videos on gear on UA-cam, but this awareness about muting is essential to be placed into the minds. Thank you Rick!
Thanks for the video. My guitar teacher and I are constantly working on this. Appreciate your time.
Excellent Rick! Probably your most important lesson in a long time. I've been trying to get this stuff over to my students for years. I've tried to get over to them that this is often the main reason why their playing doesn't sound as good as they want it to - particularly when they record themselves. I've also warned them that there is relatively little coverage of this important subject on the Internet. At least I can point them at something now. By the way, I often like to draw a comparison between the guitar and the piano, which is of course damped by default, and where you have to press the sustaining pedal to allow the strings to ring.
I was worried I’d never get this, but then I stopped fretting about it.
Please pin this, Rick.
YES! Ten points for you, sir.
Best comment
I finally landed one lol.
You must stop right there!!
This is the only video i`ve seen on youtube that covers this very important subject in this depth, great content Rick! Greetings from Norway.
I totally, totally agree! I picked this up from my guitar teacher when I was 12. I'm 56 now and it is the most important technique for all string players.
Another excellent lesson from Rick.
i was just getting into string muting when playing single notes and this video comes out. Thanks Rick :)
I love how varied of an impression I get from your videos. Most of them are things I need to learn that keep my ego in check, then there's the occasional video like this that boosts my self-confidence. It's nice to see a technique I taught myself in the last 12 years called "pro" by one of the greatest music teachers on UA-cam.
I agree, this technique is huge. Thanks for the reminder to work on this!!!
Thanks so much. I'm getting into the Acoustic Guitar and this was so great.
It is becoming more clear just why I am not a rock star.
Muting schmuting, right. 👍
Who wants to be a rock star, anyway? All that money, fame, lots of attention from the opposite sex. Oh, . . . yeah. Me? 😒
I suck at guitar and my hair is perpetually in the awkward stage between too short and too long.
@@alfonsomunoz4424 - I would not have been able to post that, about having hair.
Lol
Thanks Rick! It's crazy that this video showed up right when I needed it. I had a jam last night, and listening to the tracks I realized that I really need to work on this. We're in sync! Also thanks so much for making this channel. It's clear that you're a great guy and I get a lot out of your vids. Happy New Year!
Thank you Rick, Great lesson & much appreciated. Happy New Year!
This is cool stuff a lot of players don’t think about. Very useful and practical tips.
Great lesson Rick. I've been doing a lot of Doc Watson/Chet Atkins alternating bass with a thumb pick and proper muting is extremely important to the sound. It definitely takes a very specific amount of palm muting to articulate the note without it fully resonating. And for sure, muting is essential for those Wes style octaves. The intro to the Road Song is a great workout for those looking to get into octave soloing. I really appreciate it. Take care! -Mark
Always helpful Rick, something i am and will be working on from this point. Thank you!
Really enjoyed the technique lesson. Hopefully some more of these in the future.
Awesome video, Rick!
I feel attacked, Rick
Me googling "how to play piano" after watching this
@@gwkonyoutube that’s too funny.
Your playing is very good Mike.
You’re not alone.
@@yonitznkc lol.
and as always - a great video, Rick!
Thanks Rick....This makes my Beato Book purchase worthwhile!!! 👍🏼
this is a subject I've wanted to know more about for a long time
Its very Zen really, "to play like a master, one must master the art of not playing many strings"
Thanks for the lesson Rick
Top lesson Rick. More of these tips on technique would be wonderful please. Cheers
“You don’t want to do that because it sounds like a mess.”
- Rick Beato, 2020
Its my mess though Rick!
Class act.
Put this in epitaph
I'm curious about this statement though, because with the chord position he's in when he says that, if he frets instead of mutes all the strings in line with his index finger, it's a straight Am chord, rather than a flat-out "mess"
@@cjstevens6405 now that is attention to detail.
String muting is important, but don't fret about it.
Badum tish.
One thing you should take note of is that string muting is key.
Great lesson! This has immediately helped me improved the sound of my playing without any fancy tricks. Just back to basics.
This is a proper lesson... necessary knowledge! Appreciate it
When people ask me what the difference is between playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar, I say the main thing I've noticed is that with an acoustic you have to focus on playing the strings you want to hear. With an electric you have to focus on muting the strings you don't want to hear.
I grew up learning guitar on acoustic. I spent a lot of time pounding out open/cowboy chords on all 6 strings. I found the transition to electric guitar to be very frustrating. I thought it would be easy but it was always a noisy mess. Took me a long time to finally figure out how to get control of the strings on an electric and how important string muting was.
@@thehoser55 That is the place I am now... I started playing a while ago but never upgraded from a TERRIBLE (never setup) acoustic. I used to think action was for pros and low action was for bums.... Now my picking on a nice acoustic or any electric is SO bad. Super aggressive. All this is also why my dynamics are trash (well, that and a lack of playing ability lol)
@@MichaelBazik I used to be very ham handed as well. It took way less work to play on an electric than I had ever imagined. The touch took a while to develop. I even played on really thick strings (13s) for a while to help with the transition. I play 10s now. Thinking about going to 9s or maybe even lighter now that I have the dynamics under control. Light strings are fun to play once you learn you don’t have to strangle them. The book that really helped me was “Single String Studies for Guitar” by Sal Salvador. That, a metronome and about 15 minutes or more a day really got my hands in sync and under control. The Guitar Grimoire Exercise book is also another great option. Keep practicing and it will come. If I can do it anyone can. Good luck!
5:57 Rick: 'That's insane, right? You just have to get gud.'
Really cool lesson. I've never seen the different fret hand techniques explained this specifically or this well. Thanks!
Good lesson - as always. Thanks Rick!
Great video!!!
This is a nice video. To the young guitarists watching this: it is of equal importance to be able to pick with accuracy. You should be able to pick a power chord, or any chord, in the manner Rick lays out here-you should also be able to pick chords without your pick touching the other strings. If your goal is to only play aggressive rock riffs, you can probably ignore my comment.
Once again, great info! Thank you!
Fantastic lesson, exactly what I needed now that my new strat pro 2 arrived last night. Thanks, Rick, you're the best.
Excellent points, Rick. The amount of muscle memory knowledge you need to control a high gain amp really makes you clean up your playing and your muting skills. It's very unforgiving, which is exactly what you want for practicing and growing in your playing because any and all mistakes are glaringly obvious. Great video, man!
@Rodney McMinge also shows up a bunch of others.
If you’re a beginner I’d say before muting you need to make sure you sync your hands so that you hit the right string at the right time. That way you only really need to mute the surrounding strings rather than all of them. But I agree with everything else that you said!
Yup thats a good tip
Thanks for a great lesson Rick! super helpful - a lot makes sense now
So glad you made this video, it's so important! - it's something that I missed for years, especially when playing with a lot of Gain/Compression. The penny finally dropped this year and I had to go back and slow everything down, making myself mute more with my left hand - it was mostly bothering me when economy picking/sweeping. It's a night and day difference now.
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Been playing in reggae bands for 20 years. Not possible without knowing how to mute with both palm and strings.
Thanks for another great one Rick!
Great info, Rick. You've got so much good material out there right now and it's so easy to look at repeats. You're Peter Frampton stuff showed up for me - really outstanding! I just bought the bundle and offer thanks for the work you do as we enter this new year. I'm looking at my Major scale modes mug and drifting around in the Instagram transcriptions, haven't opened The Book yet tonight. Thank You! Best regards.
"You just have to get gud."
-Rick Beato, 2020
Right 😂
Haha was looking for this comment
You should do a video like this but for muting on bass!
This blew my mind, had never thought there'd be such detail in even doing something like power chords properly. Thanks for the tip!
Great simple lesson that doesn't get talked about enough. That's why Rick's the best!
I remember the first time a friend showed me how to play octaves. It was like opening Marcellus Wallace' briefcase and finding the secret to playing punk rock riffs!
I don't tape the strings to mute them. I loosely tie a sock at the top of the fretboard, to the lowest possible place where it is not in the way. It works awesomely.
Hmm, I thought about doing this but it seems like running away from learning muting to me :D
That only works if you don't plan on playing any chords that need open strings to ring out.
You instantly lose 20 respect points among seasoned players with that move
That's a trick shredders use. They'll put a scrunchy/pony tail holder behind the nut.
@Rodney McMinge That's classic, I 'am writing that one down!
“This seems really complex because it is”
Rick Beato
I was starting think I was just a moron and it was a little too much about 5 seconds before he said that :)
I love your lessons! Thank you and Happy New Years! Lex in Nashville!
Loved the video Rick! This is a great example of things you can work on constantly and always pay attention to when playing. As I get better at the different techniques I oftentimes find it useful to go back to the "easier" songs I know and play them "correctly."
Great video! Great subject! I've got to be one of the worst players on the planet. But muting helps hide a lot of that. Just wish I could move the volume knob into the next county... Cheers!
This is the only guitar technique that comes natural to me, everything else i have to struggle with 🤣
That's why my big hand ass went to playing the bass. 😉😂🤣
@@retired4365 Speaking of which. I pretty much learned to automatically mute with my fingers thanks to playing bass, on which it is even more important than on a guitar, if you don't wanna sound like a complete noob. Surprisingly, that basic bass skill translates well to a guitar.
I agree 100%!
Same for me!
@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma that's actually a notable point! Learning/playing bass guitar, in particularly finger style, will naturally incorporate various left & right muting techniques as a component within an arrangement, riff, and/or groove, as opposed to primarily focusing on cleaner execution for guitar!
Happy New Year Rick!
You're amazing!!!!!
This lesson is gold!
Really can't thank you enough for the free education
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Seriously, though - amen on this! When I started teaching myself to play at age 11 or 12, somehow this came naturally to me and I wasn't even aware of what I was doing because I didn't have instructional books/internet/UA-cam... just me, a Guitar, record/tape/radio and desire to learn. Didn't know if I was doing anything right/wrong/neutral...(some things I still don't know what I'm doing! 😂😂😂). But string muting IS essential and key in playing Guitar! Great video and lesson, Rick!!!
Exactly the lesson I was after, with a few pointers too. Thankyou. Between you and Marty lately I swear my mind is getting read
Rick’s videos look sooo good besides all of the awesome information he’s providing. Makes me feel very cozy.
After playing for 3 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. Learning and mastering it helps rhythm and lead playing with enhance tenfold.
After playing for 35 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. So naturally, I had to get a 7 string to make it even harder.
@@zunapalooza Ahh haha. Yeah it's definitely difficult. But it can be done!
@@maelvogue Cheers man!
This needs to be displayed at every guitar center from the moment they open until the sun burns out
Thanks Rick, Happy New Year, as far as muting goes, being self taught, I ended up plucking and muting, man I got some cool things to think about when i play, thanks again Mr. B
wow I was just working on this too!!!, thank you for extra tips & insight!!
This is the most useful video on the Interwebs.
Comment muting is also important :-P
I've learned how to left hand mute when playing some standard chords that omit one or two strings, but I've had trouble when playing single notes and double stops because there are so many strings you don't want to ring out. Thank you so much for demonstrating how this is done and also for validating my instinctive suspicion that this is an important skill. I remember one teacher who I asked about muting, and he pushed back and said I shouldn't concern myself with it.
This video is extremely helpful. Thank you so much!!!
I've picked up the guitar like 4 or 5 times in my life but always end up not having the time to devote to it. If acoustic guitar was a skill you could buy I'd pay damn good money to have it. I need to pick another one up and just chill with it for a while. I never was any good but maybe I can get some nice easy stuff to relax with. Thanks Rick!
learning guitar comes down to ONE simple word: "passion'.
can't tell u how many times friends/family have asked me to teach them how to play. i always say no. if they ask a 4th time, i know they've got "some" passion.
i will not bother with someone who thinks they want to learn.
we're both pissing in the wind.
i will teach someone who is burning with desire... who must start NOW!
if you have passion, you will learn.
same in golf, chess, or any other pursuit.
Its just practice thats all and it will probably take you 2 weeks to get it somewhat
Treat yourself to some lessons to get you started and motivated!
I've been playing guitar for quite a while now. And I still have problems with muting at times.
Great lesson Rick, thank you so much! I'm learning now that each hand is doing at least 2 different things at the same time. Ultimate brain training, and music is the end result. Win!
Tremendous lesson! No ambiguity; very specific on what to do. Thanks, Rick!
Muting has always been one of my stronger suites, however single note lines, and even octaves don't necessarily require you to hit all 6 strings, often times you get by with just 3 or 4 strings. It really depends on the style you are going for and the attack. Frusciante does the whole 6 string approach very well on a lot of RHCP albums. Sounds especially good on cleaner to mild overdrive tones, because it really gives it that edge. If new young players can learn string muting, and string vibrato early on they will be in great shape as they develop.
I really wish Rick did more examples of actual songs. Octaves and power chords are some of the easier examples of muting. I kept waiting for him to bust out a song, but he probably didn’t want this one to get demonitized.
Can't Stop is a perfect example of this. He is strumming all 6 strings during much of it but only allows the exact ones he needs to ring out. It adds a unique rough effect to each note. Frusciante is also an excellent example of using the thumb to mute the low strings.
Thanks Rick. My big problem is hitting extraneous strings with my fingertips or nails when I’m doing really heavy bends. Frequently I’ll accidentally pluck one of the lower strings when releasing a bend, which is OK acoustic but sounds really bad with any kind of distortion. Any advice?
omg I have the exact same, it's so frustrating
@@vincentsmit8436 same
Same. I've always wondered about this..
You have to mute with your picking hand with bends, it’s pretty similar to palm muting!
I would have never expected to see you here! Love your videos.
Thank you. As a complete guitar newb, I got a chuckle or two along the way.
Thanks Rick!! Happy New Year!!
I showed a friend of mine I've been teaching the basics to these exact things a few weeks ago! I had no idea you considered it the most important guitar technique. Theory can always come later.
Well theory doesn't coincide with technique, for theory focuses solely on the craft applicable to any/all melodious instruments, and technique exclusively applies to mastering the technical facility of a specific instrument.
Nonetheless, I'm not in contention with your closing statement. Theory can wait!
What Makes This Song Great?
“The Things We Do for Love” by 10cc
This is good! Thanks for going in-depth. I struggle with muting on certain strings.
Great lesson! It's an extremely important technique that should be getting much more attention.
*Can’t Stop* by RHCP is a good song to demonstrate this technique. It’s a simple, repetitive riff but my god it’s DIFFICULT.
Couldn't agree more!
Def good suggestion, I remember learning that one way back when.
He does a cover of New Dawn Fades by Joy Division too which also requires a lot of muting. I just learned Skin Blues by him which has a pretty fast paced bit in it which requires a lot of muting. These three have definitely assisted with my muting!
Voodoo Child too... I also like to practice playing random melodies or bass parts while strumming all strings -- regardless of the original song. I sometimes practice the same thing using octaves too.
So Rick, I believe you just created a chord progressions for the next WHO classic. Townsend owes you. 👍
I’m a very strong and confident singer, but I’ve always been self conscious about my guitar playing because of my inability to control extraneous string noise. Thank you for this video I’m going to practice this for the next two weeks. Also I have really enjoyed a bunch of your videos and plan on getting your book. Thank you, again 🙏
Thank you Rick. Great lesson!