Re: [Harp-L] RE: muting notes

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stevie Wonder's 'pizzicato' technique (which I have never heard anybody
else accomplish) comes to mind.
RD

On 17 November 2014 08:24, Dan Hazen <bluesmandan76@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I play guitar, too, and muting notes is standard fare in guitar playing...
> but almost always for rhythm playing, and rarely for lead. The only common
> use of muting in lead work that I can think of is a "rake" ending with a
> strong note at the end... it would be like a muffled glissando running up
> or down the harmonica to end on the target note (pretty common lick for
> both guitar and harmonica). Muting's primary use would be for rhythm in
> guitar, and I think also for harmonica, as in a Sonny Terry chugging, where
> you have a lot of quick little notes/chords happening. You can "mute" by
> tongue slapping, or by changing breath direction, or by a quick deep bend
> to a choke, or by using the hand wah effect in reverse to close down the
> note instead of open it up. If you do any rhythm chugging, you'll need to
> use a combination of all these techniques. By the way, playing rhythm on
> guitar with various patterns of muted and unmuted sounds is also called
> "chugging".
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