When other strings ring as you play, they cover the melody. Muting them lets it emerge cleanly.

In this lesson segment, Eduardo Inestal works on Eduardo Sainz de la Maza's Rondeña, focusing on two situations: muting voices to bring out the melody, and reducing string noise on chord shifts.

Watch as he uses the thumb, apoyando, and a slight wrist motion to silence everything but the melody.


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