{"id":2107,"date":"2016-03-01T06:41:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T06:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/work.cgpsystems.cz\/learnguitarinlondon\/?page_id=2107"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:16:39","slug":"playing-with-mutes-percussive-slaps-6-exercises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/playing-with-mutes-percussive-slaps-6-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing With Mutes + Percussive Slaps \u2013 6 Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #090089;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Lesson 24 - Playing With Mutes + Percussive Slaps \u2013 6 Exercises<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-8595308\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5eLEiJ2Yz0?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-warning\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nr-4.pdf\" title=\"\">Playing With Mutes + Percussive Slaps - PDF Tab<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>A mute is when we place our fretting hand fingers over the strings and then strum. This gives a dry percussive \u201cbeat\u201d sound. Don\u2019t press down the strings, just let your fingers gently rest on them. Mutes work well in uptempo, funk and rock songs.<\/p>\n<p>A percussive slap is when you take your strumming hand and hit the strings so they slap against the neck. Ed Sheeran has made this technique popular. It\u2019s used in fingerstyle and chord strumming to give a percussive tapping sound. It\u2019s the guitar equivalent of a snare drum.<\/p>\n<p>In TAB a mute or slap is written as an X.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-icon-left vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/playing-with-palm-muting-6-exercises\/\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i> Next Lesson - Playing With Palm Muting \u2013 6 Exercises<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Course Progress Bar<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wppb-wrapper inside full\"><div class=\"inside\">73 \/ 100<\/div><div class=\"wppb-progress full\"><span class=\"green\" style=\"width: 73%;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lesson 24 - 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