Rhythm and Strumming 2 — Muting the Strings

You can never practice rhythm enough, and almost every day the internet offers new rhythmic patterns and techniques connected with the subject. If you would like to see the Rhythm and Strumming 1 blog post and video, click here .

Most videos about rhythm focus primarily on the movement of the strumming hand. That is genuinely important, but the role of the fretting hand is perhaps not emphasized enough. So in the following video I try to demonstrate the role of both hands while looking at several string-muting techniques. As I often write and say, there are other techniques besides the ones shown here. Everyone can decide which feels most natural, and of course anyone is free to discover new approaches of their own.

Here is the video: