How to mute strings?

[dmfollower]

There are three ways that I mute. One would be palm muting, then resting finger just over a string, and another like barring over strings to mute them.

For palm muting you just have to get used to it. And realize that strumming should be more of a wrist action and not a full arm action. If you try to move your whole arm to strum it will ruin the mute, but if you just move your wrist its easier to mute. Palm muting (at least for me) is used more for in between chords and sort of slaping the side of your hand on the strings to get a muted sound out. But sometimes I use it for just muting certain strings.

Just like anything else muting takes practice, and you really just have to try different ways to stick with the ways you like.

your icon is my fav pic of dave period.

Thats funny, cause my avatar is a pic of Phil Keaggy.

I as well was a bit stumped on that one. Phil Keaggy is the man on the guitar, i met him once in Cali.
As for the muting, i think you 've got enough advice. If i had a camera i'd do you up some vids but i lost that in the ol' divorce