[paramore1992]

how do you play the "x" on these tab? please explain. how do u play it?
Brighter Tab by Paramore
e----------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7-7--xx--6--------------|
D---7-7--xx--6-------------|
A---7-7--xx--6-------------|

and The King Of Wishful Thinking Tab by New Found Glory (took some part of it out)
|----------------------------------- -----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------x5~----55---------|
|-7---2-3--3-5-x5---x5~---55---------|
|-7---2-3--3-5-x5---x3~---33----------|
|-7---2-3--3-5-x5----------------------|

This post has been edited by paramore1992: 20 April 2008 - 05:54 AM

[TransGuitarGirl]

It is a palm mute. Lightly place the bottom of your pick hand across the strings and play the strings.

[paramore1992]

It is a palm mute. Lightly place the bottom of your pick hand across the strings and play the strings.

thnk you!

[billy16]

Actually, that would be a fret hand mute. Simply release pressure off of the fretboard so you just get a click from those muted strings.

Palm mutes are generally in tab, either above or below the notes as P.M. Sometimes, you may see * and _ as a sign to palm mute. Just be sure to read the legend on the tab.

This post has been edited by billy16: 22 April 2008 - 10:29 AM

[paramore1992]

Actually, that would be a fret hand mute. Simply release pressure off of the fretboard so you just get a click from those muted strings.

Palm mutes are generally in tab, either above or below the notes as P.M. Sometimes, you may see * and _ as a sign to palm mute. Just be sure to read the legend on the tab.

thanks..ok...so do u still strum the strings?

[dadfad]

It depends on the application, but in this case I would say yes (strummed), in order to get a sort of percussive sound out of the strings (or else there would be no reason to even note them on the tab). And x usually will mean a fretting-hand mute (especially if it's in between played-notes), but depending on the tune and the application and the tabber it can mean several things, all of which basically mean un-sounded (as in a note-tone sense). Like I said, depending on the tune and the tabber it could mean a fretting-hand/finger mute, a palm-mute or just simply that it is unplayed/not-picked. So you have to sort of keep the context of the tune in mind when you play it, even try it several ways to make it sound the way you think it sound best.

[paramore1992]

It depends on the application, but in this case I would say yes (strummed), in order to get a sort of percussive sound out of the strings (or else there would be no reason to even note them on the tab). And x usually will mean a fretting-hand mute (especially if it's in between played-notes), but depending on the tune and the application and the tabber it can mean several things, all of which basically mean un-sounded (as in a note-tone sense). Like I said, depending on the tune and the tabber it could mean a fretting-hand/finger mute, a palm-mute or just simply that it is unplayed/not-picked. So you have to sort of keep the context of the tune in mind when you play it, even try it several ways to make it sound the way you think it sound best.

thanks!