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Old 01-03-2017, 02:11 PM
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Default Open Strings Sounding - Palm Mute?

I asked a similar question before but I was, and probably still am, too dumb to ask it properly.

While working on the opening little strum on Margaritaville, The D string, which is played open in the whole sequence, rings to annoying level. "EEENEENNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!" * throws guitar in street *

It's not fret buzz or anything, just a string that continues to sound because there's no reason for it not to.

I'm watching the video and it's for beginners and of course the guy isn't experiencing it. It looks as if when he does a downstroke on a chord he is palm-muting, or another part of his hand, don't know if it's all the same term. Would that be the way to get all that (and whatever others) to stop sounding? If so would I also assume that it's just a technique that I'm going to need to work on and get good at?

Also, here is the little sequence.

Code:
     n  V  n  n       n     n  V       n  n  n
E |--5--5--5--3----|--5-----5--5----|--5--3--5----||
B |--7--7--7--5----|--7-----7--7----|--7--5--7----||
G |--X--X--X--X----|--X-----X--X----|--X--X--X----||
D |--0--0--0--0----|--0-----0--0----|--0--0--0----||
A |----------------|----------------|-------------||
E |----------------|----------------|-------------||
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