After learning the basics i decided to carry on with something a little more interest to play when i'm working with the guitar.What i am beginning to learn is called dampening or string dampening which is when you take a rest and basically mute your guitar strings. Dampening is to stop any unnecessary movement of the strings while playing so no other sound distracts from the selected chords. For this part Leonard Hal author of Guitar Method says to "Use the edge of your right hand (or left) to touch the strings, and work for little unnecessary movements." (pg.30) i had never really previously tried this so as you can imagine it didn't go exactly as planned and i was more of a novice about how to go about the movement but as soon as i tried it more i began to understand it. Hal gives an example exercises to help progress my learning in which he says count aloud for the notes that say the word, "rest," for each beat of silence. (pg.30) as i counted the notes like he said it became easier to eventually stop saying rest instead of the number of beats and muting became easier with his help.
thankfully now i am able to complete the string dampening and look to do more in the future with this since it does help to have rests when strumming and they are needed. I wonder what else i can do now that i have learned how to properly mute strings i suppose thats for the next chapter. Above are pictures of how to properly dampen strings.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HELPFUL TO LEARN NEXT TO BECOME MORE ADVANCED IN STRUMMING?
Citation:
Leonard, Hal Complete Addition: Guitar Method Leonard Hal, 1997
I find it important to learn different strumming styles. If you use a style of strumming meant for a 4/4 song on a 3/4 song than it will come out sounding either horrible or just plain weird. When I started I only knew one strumming style and now I am learning different styles of strumming and getting a little better at using the correct strumming style for the correct time signature.
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