Muting the guitar
By: by David Brewster
Publisher: Centerstream; Distributed by Hal Leonard
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Anaheim Hills, CA; [Milwaukee, WI]
Number of pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9781574242362
Subjects: Guitar; Studies and exercises
Notes: Instruction and exercises.

In staff notation and tablature.

Companion CD contains 70 demonstration tracks keyed to exercises in the book.
Table of contents: title: The sound of silence. Basic guitar care ; Basic amplifier care ; Additional equipment care ; From zero to hero : using the volume knob; title: Frethand muting techniques. "Fretboard smother" technique ; Frethand "smothered" power chords ; "Smothered" reggae/ska muting ; Muting with the frethand thumb ; Frethand thumb/finger muting combinations ; Frethand octave muting ; String "raking" ; Tremolo picking muting; title: Pickhand muting techniques. "Pickhand smother" technique ; Palm muting technique ; The "string silencer" technique ; String isolation ; Muting slides ; "Pick palming" ; "Hybrid" picking ; "Mutola" technique; title: Combination muting techniques. "Combination smother" ; String bending and muting; title: Legato phrasing and muting. "Finger rolling" ; Pickhand tapping and muting ; "Overhand" muting ; Muting finale.