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Originally Posted by rick-slo
Steve, there are several places in the tune (at least the version I am looking at) where you are going from fifth to fourth on non open strings and you do want the fifth string to keep ringing.
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Of course there are, but I'm speaking of when that doesn't happen. In Pacabel's Cannon, going from the open 5th to open 4th string is at the cadence V - I. Having the 5th (no pun intended) ring over the tonic at the beginning of a new variation is poor articulation and undesired harmony (5th in the bass).
Learning how to stop the 5th string from ringing at the precise time you are playing the 4th string is difficult. Once learned, you have (more or less) also learned how not to stop the 5th string from ringing (at least as far as right hand chops go).