Love that you're the first one I know of to use a "floaty link thingy" to remind people to subscribe instead of appending it onto the subject of your video. Thank you for that. Oh, and "the hair on the back of your neck is sticking out."
Thanks for this lesson. I’m just starting to get into this, and the additional problem I am facing is that when I use my thumb to mute the low E, the flesh of my hand just below my index finger ends up also muting the high E 😱, cuz I’m losing that space that would normally be there. I’m finding this terrible frustrating as it’s like learning these chords all over again.
@@bigdoinks4202I wish I had a good answer. Truthfully, I avoided open triads and having to do this by focusing on songs that don’t require it - I tend to play metal so - power chords, scales, and such. I only recently started going back to this stuff - forcing myself cuz everyone should know it - But I haven’t gotten back to trying to mute with my thumb, so I’m not sure. I haven’t had the problem, like it maybe went away, but also haven’t been using my thumb like that. I’ll return to this if it comes up again.
@@bigdoinks4202 I have revisited this. The answer for me is to fret the chord with fingers 2,3,4 (more traditional way) and turn my wrist a bit toward the headstock. If I do that I can put my thumb over the top, mute the 6th string (low E), and not mute the first string (high E). Justin’s fingering worked great but not when I put my thumb over the top, so I had to give it up.
@DRTyD I tried turning my wrist how you said and that really helped me out creating extra space for some of the chords I had problems with 😤👍 I appreciate it man
still a bit of pad hitting the e string when I reach too far forward but maybe it'll go away with time and more practice trying to position my wrist and neck to make up space
I also have small hands but I don't find it difficult to mute the string. However fretting the E string to make an an F chord, I find very difficult. Invariably I end up muting the high E string
To have long fingers, and hands. I wish I had them as I can't do any of these as my palm area, and thumb length are just not there to do it. The best I can do on a thin neck guitar is the tip of my thumb gets close to low E while my palm area below the first finger is muting high E.
Great video Justin!! Indeed that's a different way of playing A chord, switching first & second fingers. Would you recommend it for begginers? Regards!!
Interesting. But for me the main problem is how to NOT mute the thinner string, mostly with an A chord. The C is more easy even if I must practice more, but the A is just impossible without muting the 1st string... Can't find the right position, it's physically impossible to my hands...
O Ray make sure to really curl your hand around as if you were trying to get as far away from the 1st string because you are wrapping your hand to tight causing the string to be muted also another tip is to pull your thumb down so the tip of your thumb is just slightly muting the 6th string so as you pull it down you will have more hand space to avoid it. I had the same problem too
Justin, thank you! Can yoy make a lesson about muting with thumb and another fingers same time? For example I play strings 3 and 5 (playong octaves) and need to mute all other strings.
Have you already checked out these lessons? www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/string-muting-techniques-im-134 and www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/muting-strings-deliberately-b2-804 | they will give you more tips on muting in general | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
I used to use my thumb to mute. But I found the join in my index finger started to become unbearably painful. I am guessing the stretch of my thumb over the top string was causing my index finger to hyper compress. I had to stop playing anything at all with my index finger for about a month.
When I keep my thumb hanging on the top like that, I can't make enough counter pressure for the fretting fingers. I end up either muting the 1st string or fretting the 6th string when playing Am.
Awesome tutorial as always! However, I think I’ve seen people playing power chords with the thumb on the lower e string. Can you make a video about that? 😀
Playing power chords with the thumb over is not really a recommended manner to play them. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com
Hey Justin, I just found your channel, it is great! The A- Chord is the hardest one for me, I nearly all times touch the higher e with my palm, so it is also muted. How to solve that?
I can play the F chord well but I still find F minor pretty difficult. I’ve already gotten into the habit of muting strings with my thumb. Do you think I started muting too early? Edit: This is on electric BTW
I have tiny fingers and when I play C chord I can’t mute the top E and hold down the A string at the same time... but I also struggle to get my thumb over the top without muting the *bottom* E. Any ideas anyone?
Hey there, I want to start playing e-guitar. I wanna start with a low-budget guitar because I'm still not 100% sure if I have enough time and motivation to actually learn something. And I also just don't have enough money for high-tier and really expensive stuff so I want to ask what you think about Harley Benton guitars? Would you recommend them or would you tell me to buy a more expensive guitar? They are really cheap and most reviews seem pretty positive. Hope you could answer my comment!
I can give you my five pennies of knowledge for deciding on buying a guitar. That you found this website gives you already a headstart, finding motivation is sometimes less than a click away. I had the same hesitations as you describe when I bought my first guitar (I didn't buy a second yet). It took a while accumulating sounds from guitars I took in my hands while visiting the shops. I'm certainly not against e-ordering products, but a guitar is for me too personal an object to 'just order one'. So I started to listen and gradually I learned what type of sound I liked in the shops. I also learned which shape/color/model/ ... I preferred to hold. Nowadays most brands have really decent guitars for a reasonable price. Your own feeling and your own ears will teach you what'll make you happy. Even two similar guitars will always differ a little in sound. Listen to more advice, but go for your own perception. As for prices, in the beginning I couldn't imagine and explain the price differences I saw, sometimes expensive guitars didn't impress me at all. I was patient and tried to learn and understand (during that time I was also able to save a bit more cash than I originally planned to spend), visiting shops again and again, missing opportunities too, and regretting my hesitance sometimes, until the day I entered the shop where this guitar was waiting for me. I'm still learning on it now, and I love to wake up and take it in my hands. There are a zillion guitars way more expensive than what I paid, but I am happy learning to play on the 'simple and not too expensive' one I chose that day, while knowing when I master this technique or that riff, it will sound great on the 'golden' one I'm saving my money for now.
@@MrFluitenier First of all thank you for your answer! Basically there are two problems, why I can't really buy a guitar in a store: 1. I'm left-handed, so most shops in, my area only have live a hand full of guitars I could theoretically buy. 2. My budget is only 300€ and there's no real possibility for me to earn something. I'm from Germany and I'm still going to school (11th grade). School is really time-consuming. I'm there from 8am to 3:30pm usually (on Wednesday until 4:50pm) and I still have to do homework and learn and stuff, so working is not an option. The shops in my area usually only have like 3 models that would fit my budget, but most of the time they aren't for lefthanded people. I found an Ibanez guitar for about 250€ that would fit my budget, but it's not available in qny store near me
Almost... Physically impossible on my Yammie SG Literally impossible on my Fender Dreadnought (even with the neck dressed by Jon Haire) Yes I have small hands !
So incredible good issues you are addressing, but unfortunately too much talking in every video and too few actions on the guitar. I really would love to see more of it, if it comes to actions, more than talking.
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Love that you're the first one I know of to use a "floaty link thingy" to remind people to subscribe instead of appending it onto the subject of your video. Thank you for that.
Oh, and "the hair on the back of your neck is sticking out."
Bought your app recently, gotta support the brand! Keep up the excellent work
Very helpful thank you!!
Thanks for this lesson. I’m just starting to get into this, and the additional problem I am facing is that when I use my thumb to mute the low E, the flesh of my hand just below my index finger ends up also muting the high E 😱, cuz I’m losing that space that would normally be there. I’m finding this terrible frustrating as it’s like learning these chords all over again.
what helped you get over that? just changing finger placement and shaping?
@@bigdoinks4202I wish I had a good answer. Truthfully, I avoided open triads and having to do this by focusing on songs that don’t require it - I tend to play metal so - power chords, scales, and such. I only recently started going back to this stuff - forcing myself cuz everyone should know it - But I haven’t gotten back to trying to mute with my thumb, so I’m not sure. I haven’t had the problem, like it maybe went away, but also haven’t been using my thumb like that. I’ll return to this if it comes up again.
@@bigdoinks4202 I have revisited this. The answer for me is to fret the chord with fingers 2,3,4 (more traditional way) and turn my wrist a bit toward the headstock. If I do that I can put my thumb over the top, mute the 6th string (low E), and not mute the first string (high E). Justin’s fingering worked great but not when I put my thumb over the top, so I had to give it up.
@DRTyD I tried turning my wrist how you said and that really helped me out creating extra space for some of the chords I had problems with 😤👍 I appreciate it man
still a bit of pad hitting the e string when I reach too far forward but maybe it'll go away with time and more practice trying to position my wrist and neck to make up space
I have small hands and have tried this without luck. Been waiting for a detailed video on this forever. Thanks!
I also have small hands but I don't find it difficult to mute the string. However fretting the E string to make an an F chord, I find very difficult. Invariably I end up muting the high E string
That was fascinating and informative. Thanks.
Wow this was super useful. Thank you.
Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻
To have long fingers, and hands. I wish I had them as I can't do any of these as my palm area, and thumb length are just not there to do it. The best I can do on a thin neck guitar is the tip of my thumb gets close to low E while my palm area below the first finger is muting high E.
Thanks Justin ⚓️
Thanks! :)
Can you make videos about guitar injury? It's a very real issue for all of us who practise hours a day
all this time there was an adorable dog walking around your room
Jimi used his thumb to form his chords. One of the reasons it is hard to get his sound. But I discovered this years ago, been using it a lot.
hi justin, following your videos brother. Thanks
Great video Justin!! Indeed that's a different way of playing A chord, switching first & second fingers. Would you recommend it for begginers? Regards!!
In his beginners course he recommends the one with index finger on the g string. You can check out that video out for details
Asus2 is a pain when muting. Lighter pressure, on finger tips.
Interesting. But for me the main problem is how to NOT mute the thinner string, mostly with an A chord. The C is more easy even if I must practice more, but the A is just impossible without muting the 1st string... Can't find the right position, it's physically impossible to my hands...
O Ray make sure to really curl your hand around as if you were trying to get as far away from the 1st string because you are wrapping your hand to tight causing the string to be muted also another tip is to pull your thumb down so the tip of your thumb is just slightly muting the 6th string so as you pull it down you will have more hand space to avoid it. I had the same problem too
Use middle, ring and picky fingers to play A major chord so that 1st string doesn't get muted
Justin, thank you! Can yoy make a lesson about muting with thumb and another fingers same time? For example I play strings 3 and 5 (playong octaves) and need to mute all other strings.
Have you already checked out these lessons? www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/string-muting-techniques-im-134 and www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/muting-strings-deliberately-b2-804 | they will give you more tips on muting in general | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
@@justinguitar Thank you, Justin! You’re the best!
That guitar of yours is so pretty!! 😍
I used to use my thumb to mute. But I found the join in my index finger started to become unbearably painful. I am guessing the stretch of my thumb over the top string was causing my index finger to hyper compress. I had to stop playing anything at all with my index finger for about a month.
When I keep my thumb hanging on the top like that, I can't make enough counter pressure for the fretting fingers. I end up either muting the 1st string or fretting the 6th string when playing Am.
Awesome tutorial as always! However, I think I’ve seen people playing power chords with the thumb on the lower e string. Can you make a video about that? 😀
Playing power chords with the thumb over is not really a recommended manner to play them.
Cheers 😊
| Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com
Thank you for your help. With D cords are the top two strings supposed to be muted? Or is it only first string, low E?
You play the d string open and the chord shape on strings 1-3. The 5th and 6th strings are not played.
^^^what he said
Hey Justin, I just found your channel, it is great! The A- Chord is the hardest one for me, I nearly all times touch the higher e with my palm, so it is also muted. How to solve that?
I can play the F chord well but I still find F minor pretty difficult. I’ve already gotten into the habit of muting strings with my thumb. Do you think I started muting too early?
Edit: This is on electric BTW
I have tiny fingers and when I play C chord I can’t mute the top E and hold down the A string at the same time... but I also struggle to get my thumb over the top without muting the *bottom* E. Any ideas anyone?
Hey there, I want to start playing e-guitar. I wanna start with a low-budget guitar because I'm still not 100% sure if I have enough time and motivation to actually learn something. And I also just don't have enough money for high-tier and really expensive stuff so I want to ask what you think about Harley Benton guitars? Would you recommend them or would you tell me to buy a more expensive guitar? They are really cheap and most reviews seem pretty positive. Hope you could answer my comment!
I can give you my five pennies of knowledge for deciding on buying a guitar. That you found this website gives you already a headstart, finding motivation is sometimes less than a click away. I had the same hesitations as you describe when I bought my first guitar (I didn't buy a second yet). It took a while accumulating sounds from guitars I took in my hands while visiting the shops. I'm certainly not against e-ordering products, but a guitar is for me too personal an object to 'just order one'. So I started to listen and gradually I learned what type of sound I liked in the shops. I also learned which shape/color/model/ ... I preferred to hold. Nowadays most brands have really decent guitars for a reasonable price. Your own feeling and your own ears will teach you what'll make you happy. Even two similar guitars will always differ a little in sound. Listen to more advice, but go for your own perception. As for prices, in the beginning I couldn't imagine and explain the price differences I saw, sometimes expensive guitars didn't impress me at all. I was patient and tried to learn and understand (during that time I was also able to save a bit more cash than I originally planned to spend), visiting shops again and again, missing opportunities too, and regretting my hesitance sometimes, until the day I entered the shop where this guitar was waiting for me. I'm still learning on it now, and I love to wake up and take it in my hands. There are a zillion guitars way more expensive than what I paid, but I am happy learning to play on the 'simple and not too expensive' one I chose that day, while knowing when I master this technique or that riff, it will sound great on the 'golden' one I'm saving my money for now.
@@MrFluitenier First of all thank you for your answer! Basically there are two problems, why I can't really buy a guitar in a store: 1. I'm left-handed, so most shops in, my area only have live a hand full of guitars I could theoretically buy. 2. My budget is only 300€ and there's no real possibility for me to earn something. I'm from Germany and I'm still going to school (11th grade). School is really time-consuming. I'm there from 8am to 3:30pm usually (on Wednesday until 4:50pm) and I still have to do homework and learn and stuff, so working is not an option. The shops in my area usually only have like 3 models that would fit my budget, but most of the time they aren't for lefthanded people. I found an Ibanez guitar for about 250€ that would fit my budget, but it's not available in qny store near me
Almost... Physically impossible on my Yammie SG
Literally impossible on my Fender Dreadnought (even with the neck dressed by Jon Haire)
Yes I have small hands !
I also have a Dreadnought and found it's practically impossible to thumb mute. Good to know I'm not the only one lol
So when you can't thumb mute because your hands just aren't large enough, what's the alternative?
Try not to play the strings that dont need to be played then lol
My fingers ever on my strat will not stretch over the top
does of you who got here. how would you rate your progress?
I started around September 2020. Watched at least 1-2 videos of JustinGuitar a day and I can say I can play the guitar properly now.
@@lyntrique2995 that's really nice to hear i also made some progress but it's quite hard for me to play everyday with my studies going on.
@@aymanatmani9967 haha sometimes I also miss days of practice cause of studies, good luck with your guitar progress
OMG my hands are so small and like thats not enough I only have Nylon guitar LOL
well i dont have to watch this. I cant even touch the low e with my thumb! short fat fingers.
Onion
So incredible good issues you are addressing, but unfortunately too much talking in every video and too few actions on the guitar. I really would love to see more of it, if it comes to actions, more than talking.
Great..if you have oversized gorilla hands. 🙄
Onion