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I'm following a tab and I encountered what is pictured below. How do I prevent the 4th string from ringing when I play this?

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I'm following a tab and I encountered what is pictured below. How do I prevent the 4th string from ringing when I play this?

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I'm following a tab and I encountered what is pictured below. How do I prevent the 4th string from ringing when I play this?

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You could use the pick to sound the fifth string, and the fingers to pluck the top three strings. Some people call this hybrid picking. You might pick the fifth string and drag the nail of your middle finger across the top three strings at the same time.

Another alternative would be to get one of your fretting-hand fingers (probably your second finger if you fret the note with the first) in there to mute the fourth string. Then you can drag the pick across all of the strings.

I find myself using all of these techniques (but the first and the last the most often), and the larger context of what I am playing determines what happens when I play.

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  Probably playing a normal Am7 chord, but muting instead of fretting the 4th string, is the practical way to think of executing the mute.
  
  – Michael Curtis
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  @MichaelCurtis -- exactly right; your suggestion (in the deleted answer) to just play an Am7 was a good one, and in general it's great advice when you encounter something that you can't quite play to play something sensible that's close. Even thought that doesn't exactly answer OP's question, it is useful advice, and I was about to upvote it. If you want to undelete that answer, I'll still upvote; if not, I may incorporate that advice into my answer ;)
  
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  Doesn't that arrow direction negate your first para? Since it looks like a beginner's chord, really there should be a little kiss on the 4th string, indicating muted.
  
  – Tim
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Tim do you mean an X on the 4th string to mean 'mute' (...little kiss on the 4th string)
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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As tabbed this looks like a Am7 chord with the 4th string omitted. If you play E on the 4th string, 2nd fret it will make an octave with the open E string then you can play all 5 strings.

Of course that isn't what the tab says to play, so if you want to be faithful to the tab, you have to use one of @DavidBowling's excellent suggestions.

It depends on the music and the nature of the tab (is it someone's arrangement of a song?) to decide if adding a note is OK or not.

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  First thought is to question the tab... As I do so many.
  
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You could use the pick to sound the fifth string, and the fingers to pluck the top three strings. Some people call this hybrid picking. You might pick the fifth string and drag the nail of your middle finger across the top three strings at the same time.

Another alternative would be to get one of your fretting-hand fingers (probably your second finger if you fret the note with the first) in there to mute the fourth string. Then you can drag the pick across all of the strings.

I find myself using all of these techniques (but the first and the last the most often), and the larger context of what I am playing determines what happens when I play.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

5,12021338

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably playing a normal Am7 chord, but muting instead of fretting the 4th string, is the practical way to think of executing the mute.
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MichaelCurtis -- exactly right; your suggestion (in the deleted answer) to just play an Am7 was a good one, and in general it's great advice when you encounter something that you can't quite play to play something sensible that's close. Even thought that doesn't exactly answer OP's question, it is useful advice, and I was about to upvote it. If you want to undelete that answer, I'll still upvote; if not, I may incorporate that advice into my answer ;)
  
  – David Bowling
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I wasn't really sure if I had something worthy of an answer, but I'll undelete.
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Doesn't that arrow direction negate your first para? Since it looks like a beginner's chord, really there should be a little kiss on the 4th string, indicating muted.
  
  – Tim
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Tim do you mean an X on the 4th string to mean 'mute' (...little kiss on the 4th string)
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

8

You could use the pick to sound the fifth string, and the fingers to pluck the top three strings. Some people call this hybrid picking. You might pick the fifth string and drag the nail of your middle finger across the top three strings at the same time.

Another alternative would be to get one of your fretting-hand fingers (probably your second finger if you fret the note with the first) in there to mute the fourth string. Then you can drag the pick across all of the strings.

I find myself using all of these techniques (but the first and the last the most often), and the larger context of what I am playing determines what happens when I play.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

5,12021338

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably playing a normal Am7 chord, but muting instead of fretting the 4th string, is the practical way to think of executing the mute.
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MichaelCurtis -- exactly right; your suggestion (in the deleted answer) to just play an Am7 was a good one, and in general it's great advice when you encounter something that you can't quite play to play something sensible that's close. Even thought that doesn't exactly answer OP's question, it is useful advice, and I was about to upvote it. If you want to undelete that answer, I'll still upvote; if not, I may incorporate that advice into my answer ;)
  
  – David Bowling
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I wasn't really sure if I had something worthy of an answer, but I'll undelete.
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Doesn't that arrow direction negate your first para? Since it looks like a beginner's chord, really there should be a little kiss on the 4th string, indicating muted.
  
  – Tim
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Tim do you mean an X on the 4th string to mean 'mute' (...little kiss on the 4th string)
  
  – Michael Curtis
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

You could use the pick to sound the fifth string, and the fingers to pluck the top three strings. Some people call this hybrid picking. You might pick the fifth string and drag the nail of your middle finger across the top three strings at the same time.

Another alternative would be to get one of your fretting-hand fingers (probably your second finger if you fret the note with the first) in there to mute the fourth string. Then you can drag the pick across all of the strings.

I find myself using all of these techniques (but the first and the last the most often), and the larger context of what I am playing determines what happens when I play.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

5,12021338

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answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

5,12021338

answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

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answered 11 hours ago

David BowlingDavid Bowling

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3

As tabbed this looks like a Am7 chord with the 4th string omitted. If you play E on the 4th string, 2nd fret it will make an octave with the open E string then you can play all 5 strings.

Of course that isn't what the tab says to play, so if you want to be faithful to the tab, you have to use one of @DavidBowling's excellent suggestions.

It depends on the music and the nature of the tab (is it someone's arrangement of a song?) to decide if adding a note is OK or not.

share|improve this answer

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  First thought is to question the tab... As I do so many.
  
  – Tim
  10 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

As tabbed this looks like a Am7 chord with the 4th string omitted. If you play E on the 4th string, 2nd fret it will make an octave with the open E string then you can play all 5 strings.

Of course that isn't what the tab says to play, so if you want to be faithful to the tab, you have to use one of @DavidBowling's excellent suggestions.

It depends on the music and the nature of the tab (is it someone's arrangement of a song?) to decide if adding a note is OK or not.

share|improve this answer

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  First thought is to question the tab... As I do so many.
  
  – Tim
  10 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

As tabbed this looks like a Am7 chord with the 4th string omitted. If you play E on the 4th string, 2nd fret it will make an octave with the open E string then you can play all 5 strings.

Of course that isn't what the tab says to play, so if you want to be faithful to the tab, you have to use one of @DavidBowling's excellent suggestions.

It depends on the music and the nature of the tab (is it someone's arrangement of a song?) to decide if adding a note is OK or not.

share|improve this answer

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744

share|improve this answer

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744

answered 10 hours ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

12.1k744