guitar ?

[ansonluna]

When you playing a tab and it has an "X" on the string, meaning mute, does that mean you strum the note you put you finger on the string but don't push it down?

[alexwolf]

that can be tricky......if you are playing a D chord, should look something like this:
3
2
3
x
x
x


you dont play the first 3

but, there are some power chords:

x
x
x
3
x
1

you cant NOT hit that, so then it becomes a mute

[ansonluna]

------
------
--11-
--X--
--9---
------

so if i'm playing this, the x string gets played w/o a finger touching it?

[ansonluna]

basically im asking what you do with a mute?

[alexwolf]

no, you want to mute it with your index finger and play the two around it. if it was to be played, it would say
------
------
--11--
--0--
--9--

[alexwolf]

sorry!!! rest your index finger on it, and it wont play a note

[ansonluna]

WOAH!!! it works....im going to be a rock star now.... :shades . i'll thank you alexwolf when i get my first grammy.

[alexwolf]

lol!!! ;)