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Muted string. Like, holding the strings but not fretting them or doing a harmonic, so that plucking that string makes a percussive sound rather than a note.

Very cool of you to take the time to do that. smile

I like the riff you were playing. The tempo and feel reminded me of the Devo classic Mongoloid.

No, I don't teach lessons, but I have made a couple of posts with videos before. I've actually only been playing about a year now. I feel it helps when you're talking about music to have something to hear, because it gives you an idea of what it should basically sound like, instead of just trying get it from reading something, and hoping you have it right.

Oh, and Zlad, thanks for the compliment. It was actually just the first thing that came to mind that could get my point across. ^_^