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Does anybody know when did rhythm powerchord palm muting originate? Was anybody doing it much before Van Halen?
I'm pretty sure it was pete townsend.Does anybody know when did rhythm powerchord palm muting originate? Was anybody doing it much before Van Halen?
I’m a bass player but I use palm muting quite a bit to get that percussive attack. I play both fingerstyle and with a plectrum. This thread is timely because just the other night when I was practicing I suddenly realized how much I use it.
Very hard to say, my friend. When I describe it to my students in its most basic form - I'll say to imagine having the karate chopping part of your hand sitting half on the strings and half on the bridge. From there, you can pivot slightly to play.More to the point, does anyone have any ideas about why, despite the best efforts of my guitar teacher, I can’t do it? Drives me bloody mental...
Does anybody know when did rhythm powerchord palm muting originate? Was anybody doing it much before Van Halen?
More to the point, does anyone have any ideas about why, despite the best efforts of my guitar teacher, I can’t do it? Drives me bloody mental...
I’m a bass player but I use palm muting quite a bit to get that percussive attack. I play both fingerstyle and with a plectrum. This thread is timely because just the other night when I was practicing I suddenly realized how much I use it.
Probably more the latter, but both are a problem. If I play just downstrokes I can do a passable job of it, but when I try to mix in upstrokes it all goes to pot.Very hard to say, my friend. When I describe it to my students in its most basic form - I'll say to imagine having the karate chopping part of your hand sitting half on the strings and half on the bridge. From there, you can pivot slightly to play.
Are you having the problem where the strings just sound normal, or are they way too muted, giving off hardly any sound?
I'm not gonna interfere with your teacher's methods, but just something I might suggest.Probably more the latter, but both are a problem. If I play just downstrokes I can do a passable job of it, but when I try to mix in upstrokes it all goes to pot.
Thanks mate, will definitely give that a go!I'm not gonna interfere with your teacher's methods, but just something I might suggest.
Start playing riffs with alternate picking, like the Peter Gunn Theme, then onto riffs like Aqualung and Crazy Train, which span two strings. I know they aren't normally muted, but they're nice, simple examples to use.
Visualise a point you'll pivot your hand on, down towards the bottom of the karate chop part. Happy muting, my man.