03 Chord Hand Rhythmic Muting

Course: Intermediate Strumming

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Barre chords can be muted by simply relaxing the chord hand while keeping contact with the strings, but not the fretboard. Combined with 16th strumming, this can create brilliant rhythm guitar playing.

​Barre chords can be muted by simply relaxing the chord hand while still keeping contact with the strings, but not the fretboard. 

When combined with 16th strumming, this can give some brilliant rhythm guitar playing. A great example is in the song Faith by George Michael

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