muting adjacent strings whilst bending

mgaw

when using a pick i am struggling to mute adjacent strings whilst bending the intended one.....no problem when playing with fingers as i finger block...any tips much appreciated....thanks

Roland

There's no single way, more an arsenal of techniques. In general the fingers of your left hand block the upper register strings, and the edge of the right hand palm touches the lower strings. With a bend the tip of one of the bending fingers can also touch the string which you want to dampen. I've also seen someone dampen all six strings with the left index finger whilst bending with 2nd and 3rd - quite useful if you want to bend whilst raking muted strings

Clarky

Roland said:

There's no single way, more an arsenal of techniques. In general the fingers of your left hand block the upper register strings, and the edge of the right hand palm touches the lower strings. With a bend the tip of one of the bending fingers can also touch the string which you want to dampen. I've also seen someone dampen all six strings with the left index finger whilst bending with 2nd and 3rd - quite useful if you want to bend whilst raking muted strings

absolutely..