Help - How to mute in Stay?

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Help - How to mute in Stay?

Unread post by terranasor » Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:45 am

Hey all,
I'm having trouble muting the the E & A strings in Stay. How is it supposed to be done? Are my 2nd & 3rd fingers supposed to be involved? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:55 am

yes. basically you want to hold the chords w/ your 1st and 4th and lay your 2nd and 3rd on the e and a strings. it takes some practice, but once you get it, you'll wonder why you couldn't get it in the first place. just make sure you don't hold down the e and a so hard that you accidentally hit a note. but yea, just mute them w/ your 2nd and 3rd.

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Unread post by terranasor » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:11 am

Awesome. Thanks a lot!
By the way, I love the Brian pic. I'm just going through the Season 3 DVDs... fantastic. :)

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Unread post by Davy28 » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:11 am

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Unread post by terranasor » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:15 am

BTW means By The Way. Lots of other ones here if you're interested:
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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:23 am

holy crap there're a lot of abbriviations there!!! if you guys start talking like that im leaving.

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Unread post by NoNotThat » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:29 am

Appsoldier wrote:holy crap there're a lot of abbriviations there!!! if you guys start talking like that im leaving.
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Unread post by i-am-me » Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:49 pm

Seriously! i hate when people do those kinds of things. half the time you don't even know what they're seeing....
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Unread post by taylordb » Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:25 pm

I have always wanted to know what SSIA means....I see it allot over at Sharing the Groove...and I am too embarresed to ask.

But on these boards I know I will not be chastized :wink:

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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:55 pm

I hold the strings down with 4 and 2, and mute behind 2 with finger 1, then when you go from 10->8 in the first part of the intro, you can take off 4 and put 2 and 3 on eight...did that make any sense?
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Unread post by TOMAMI » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:05 am

The 2nd and 3rd finger rest on top of the E and A string while the 1st and 4th finger hold down the D and G strings. I use my 1st finger to hold down the D string and mute all the strings below it while I play the intro/verse.

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Unread post by dustin10 » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:53 am

taylordb wrote:I have always wanted to know what SSIA means....I see it allot over at Sharing the Groove...and I am too embarresed to ask.

But on these boards I know I will not be chastized :wink:
SSIA = Subject Says It All

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Unread post by PureDaveAddict » Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:06 am

I could not play Stay for the longest time because of the muting problem, but when i picked up my guitar earlier this month, the muting hand position just came naturally. I guess it all comes down to experience and getting all of the tension out of your hand which newer dave-like players might have...


i know i did....



have tension.....




in my hand....




I'm going to end this......






now.



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Unread post by seth_southerland » Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:09 pm

yeah dude i know about the tension stuff, sometimes when im playing and im doing something that involves a lot the use of my pinky, like stay, i guess, sometimes when i have to change chords, it will lock up and i cant bend it for a second, im not sure but im sure thats not good

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