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Muting

I am wanting to know how much muting is done on classical guitar and how?

I know from playing acoustic and electric guitar that the hands and fingers are used in many ways to mute but don't see this used in classical guitar.

Does this mean that notes often ring on beyond their designated length or am I missing something?
Mandy

Hi Mandy,

Classical guitarists use both left hand and right hand muting techniques. Often when a note needs to be played staccato for instance, the right hand thumb, it is put back on the string quickly before you go on to the next note.

As I said, this could be very brief and almost undectectable to the eye if they're really good!

Also stopping the strings can be done with the fingers of the left hand. Watch how quickly and efficiently Denis Azerbagic does this when teaching on youtube.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Trevor M.