A Closer Look: Muting

Skill Building Guitar Course from Jeff Gunn

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In this lesson series, Jeff Gunn shows us the ins and outs of muting. And not just on one kind of guitar- Jeff shows us how muting works on both the acoustic and the electric. In this series, Jeff breaks the process of muting down to the absolute basics and then takes us on a journey through the process of understanding so that by the end, we'll know how to use muting properly... No matter the situation!

14 Lessons

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Full Course Breakdown

In this Lesson set: Jeff Gunn will show us the different ways that muting can be applied to the acoustic and electric guitar. Each lesson will contain a teaching session followed by an extended practice session so we can truly understand the muting process and how to use it over the supplied backing tracks.

Begin the Course
1

Course Introduction

Jeff Gunn introduces us to "A Closer Look: Muting"

2:38 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

2

Practical Muting: Part 1

In this first lesson, Jeff discusses the basics of muting on the acoustic guitar and get's us started on our muting journey.

15:59 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

3

Practical Muting: Part 2

Similar to the last lesson- but with the electric guitar! Jeff shows the similarities and differences of muting on an electric instead of an acoustic.

14:04 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

4

Creative Muting: Palm Muting

Here, we build upon what we have learned already by adding palm muting to our understanding.

14:13 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

5

Palm Muting on Electric

Jeff now shows us how to add this new palm muting technique but to the electric guitar.

12:01 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

6

Muted Riffs: Acoustic

Now we begin to add complexities like riffs to our new understanding of muting.

14:09 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

7

Muted Riffs: Electric

Just like the last lesson, we take on learning muted riffs, but with the electric guitar.

14:25 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

8

Muted Single Note Lines: Acoustic

Jeff breaks down how to take our muted playing a step further by showing us how this applies to single notes.

12:51 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

9

Muted Single Note Lines: Electric

Now that we have an understanding of muting single notes, Jeff shows us how to use them on the electric guitar.

9:57 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

10

Soloing with Muted Notes: Acoustic

In this lesson, Jeff starts to show us how we can take the lead by adding muted notes to our solos.

12:41 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

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11

Soloing with Muted Notes: Electric

Now that we have learned a thing or two about soloing on the acoustic guitar, it's time to learn how to apply it to the electric.

14:32 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

12

Creative Fret Hand Muting

Jeff now takes us one step further into the muting world by showing us how we can get creative with our muted playing using our other hand.

15:45 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

13

Putting it All Together: Acoustic

Now it's time to bring everything we have learned back for this final acoustic lesson.

15:54 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

14

Putting it All Together: Electric

Having practiced everything on the acoustic, we pick up our electric guitar for one last lesson.

16:01 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

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Jeff Gunn

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  • Playing since 2000
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Jeff Gunn is Juno Award nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer for his work on Emmanuel Jal's The Key (Gatwitch/Universal). He is the author of the Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on Guitar (Mayfair Music Publications) and a regular “guitar tips” contributor in print and film with Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Guitar World, Canadian Musician, Overdrive (Thailand), and The Guitar Mag (Thailand).

Jeff Gunn is Juno Award nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer for his work on Emmanuel Jal's The Key (Gatwitch/Universal). He is the author of the Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on Guitar (Mayfair Music Publications) and a regular “guitar tips” contributor in print and film with Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Guitar World, Canadian Musician, Overdrive (Thailand), and The Guitar Mag (Thailand). He co-wrote the song "Scars" with Jal and Nelly Furtado for the film The Good Lie (Warner Brothers 2014) and The Black Prince (2017) soundtrack. He has recorded with Emmanuel Jal, Nelly Furtado, Bibi McGill, Mark Pellizzer, Kae Sun, Domanique Grant, Rayzak, performed with DMC, Swizz Beatz, Kate Todd, Tanika Charles, and continues to serve as musical director for Jal opening for such acts as Nico & Vinz, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Angelique Kidjo, Xavier Rudd, Mumford & Sons and Ellie Goulding. He has performed at Glastonbury, Juno Songwriters’ Circle, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Ringo Starr’s Birthday Concert at Capitol Records, United Nations, Grammy Museum Concert Series in Honour of Bob Marley, Jimmy Kimmel’s Annual Italian Festival, and at the Dalai Lama One World Concert. He has appeared on CBC, CTV Canada AM, Good Day New York, Fox TV, Ted Talks, The Travel Channel (Thailand) and more. Jeff is endorsed by Godin Guitars, D’Addario Canada, Levy’s Guitar Straps, Planet Waves, G7th Capos, JHS Pedals and Gravity Guitar Picks.