Right Hand Muting

Lesson 4/57 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Metal Guitar

Right Hand Muting

A popular effect to use with the power chord is right hand muting. This is achieved by lightly resting the butt of the right hand on the strings near the bridge of the guitar while strumming, producing a slightly muted sound to the chord. Do not press too heavily on the strings as the chord will be completely muted, creating a "dead" sound instead.

The symbol X written below the tab number will indicate when a right hand mute is used.

The right hand mute can also be used with single note riffs and accents.

The following progression combines the right hand mute with a normal power chord strum.

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1- Metal Guitar Solos 2- Advanced Rhythm Techniques 3- More Power Chords 4- Metal Lead Guitar 5- Root Six and Root Five Power Chords 6- INTRODUCTION 7- More Scales and Techniques 8- Single Note Riffs 9- Advanced Lead Guitar Techniques 10- Tapping and Whammy Bar Techniques 11- Power Chords 12- Scales 13- Slurring 14- Open String Slurs 15- Whammy Bar Techniques 16- Minor Pentatonic Scale 17- The Chromatic Scale 18- Approach to Practice 19- Rhythm Variations 20- Three String Power Chords 21- Triplet Rhythms 22- Using Accents 23- Quarter Note Triplets 24- The Major Scale 25- Whammy Bar Vibrato 26- Harmonics 27- Off-Beat Rhythms 28- Natural Minor Scale 29- Right Hand Muting 30- Keys 31- Chord Progressions 32- Chord Diagrams 33- Whammy Bar Dive 34- Scale Diagrams 35- Vibrato 36- Metal Lead Guitar Licks 37- The Minor Scale 38- Two Bar Rhythms 39- Pick Harmonics 40- Sixteenth Note Rhythms 41- Whammy Bar Release 42- Harmonic Minor Scale 43- Tablature 44- Touch Harmonics 45- Rhythm Rests 46- Minor Pentatonic Scales 47- Muting 48- Arpeggio Picking 49- Keys and Key Signatures 50- Whammy Bar Dipping 51- The Rake 52- Pick Tremolo 53- Triplets 54- Relative Keys 55- Sixteenth Notes 56- Whammy Bar Flicking 57- Performing in Public

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Right Hand Muting