How to stop buzzing and muting guitar strings?

Learn how to hold guitar strings properly and stop muting your sound.
3 tips to avoid the most common beginner mistakes.

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0:00-0:58 Where to place your thumb and why
0:58-1:43 How to put your fingers down properly
1:43-2:16 How to line your hand up and why
2:16-2:45 Where to press on the guitar to avoid buzzes and mutes
2:45-3:19 Summary

[hiraeth]

Thank you so much! I’ve always had trouble with buzzing the strings and muting them. This video helped a lot!

[DanAndPuppyDAB]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'VE LITERALY JUST STARTED 2 DAYS AGO AND FELT LIKE GIVING UP BECAUSE OF MUFFLED/MUTED STRINGS AND YOUR "Keep your fingers close to the frets" HAS SOLVED IT

[dina]

i've started 7 days ago and i've been struggling with this but you solved it thank you

[pihuburman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR 3-4 DAYS AGO AND HAD TROUBLE WITH MUTING/MUFFLING THE STRINGS THANK YOU

[TeaInACockpit]

OMG Thank you so much! I almost gave up guitar because of this but this solved everything. You earned a like!

[MXRBLES_]

finally someone who taught me. Thanks so much

[robertedwards]

Great Info ! Will be definitely giving this a go. Thanking you Robbbert from Melbourne Australia.

[Valvax]

thank you so much, this is so helpful!

[brooke.]

THANK YOU SO MUCH i was pressing directly on the fret and it hurt my finger from pressing so hard + i was muting the strings behind it

[zynz_z]

cheers man! was legit about to smash my head in with my guitar bc I didn't know why my strings were doing that annoying buzz sound XD turns out it was my playing!

[mahanta_]

Great tutorial thank you! I'm a self taught "guitarist" for 2 months now, by watching YouTube Tutorials and you are on of the guitar channels I subscribed. By the way I really enjoyed your "you know you like it" video 😍😍, that was really great! I downloaded the tab but didn't get how to play it properly :/ but I'd like to learn it, it's pretty confusing, would you like to make a video about how to decode the guitar tab and play the notes correctly, I'd really like to be able to play that song ! 😍😍💯 Greetings from Germany, keep up the good work.

[Ann-uvpb]

Thank you so much my problem was solved!

[Amelia-hzkp]

The palm of my hand always mutes/ blocks the first string especially when doing the c chord, any tips :)?

[danielbaur]

Thanks so much! This will help me feel less pain as Im starting out and I don't have calluses yet

[saurabhram]

Turns out the real treasure is in the comments, honestly I found most of the answers of my questions. And yeah! That lightbulb thing really happened, more over it was awesome ❤️❤️

[donlessnau]

Well done. Thanks. I'm 72 with plenty of arthritis and a little Dupuytren in my left hand and fingers so my ring finger tends to mute the string below if I don't make a real, conscious effort to make space. Sometimes I have to switch my little finger with the ring finger in order to get a clean chord. Thanks.

[camiiecam]

I have a question, whenever I lift my left hand from any string, I get a loud noise (not buzzing but just a regular note), could that be because of my hand placement or the strings? Because no matter how lightly I touch the strings or how angled my hand is, it keeps making noise as I lift my fingers.

[USAnowOIL]

oh my gosh wow thanks













im switching to drums

[jinji]

it's easy for me to do this on easy chords. when i try picking that's where i mute strings a lot, either i picked the wrong string or just didn't put enough pressure on it. when i'm picking everything is so chaos... maybe i have a problem with speed :(

[michaelwwhite]

Good advice……been playin' 60 years!!