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Palm-muting is the secret to good funk guitar – here’s how you can use it to funkify chords, double-stops and single notes

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Pickup Music Have you ever wondered why funk guitar parts seem to have that infectious ...
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Palm muting is an essential guitar technique – but there’s a lot more to it than just chugging. Are you using it to its full potential?

Back in the ’50s, Chet Atkins used palm muting for his walking basslines on the lower strings while upper register chords were left unmuted. This combination of muted/not muted sounded like two ...