What is palm muting?
Palm muting is a method of playing the guitar strings, either strumming or individually plucking them, while resting part of the palm of your hand across the strings, near where they meet the bridge. As a technique, it takes a little while to achieve, as the strumming or plucking hand is more restricted than usual. This has the effect of “muting” the sound, taking the treble edge, or harshness, out of the sound. This playing techniques is particularly popular with rock and hard-rock guitarists, but is used equally effectively on an acoustic guitar, playing any type of music. Combining palm muting and non palm muting strumming is also an interesting strumming technique, yielding quite powerful results, once mastered. 30. How can I improve my rhythm? There are a couple of ideas which may be useful • One of the essential ingredients in music is the understanding and use of tempo. Once you’ve been introduced to your first few chords and shown a basic strumming pattern, you’ll feel the need
