Mark Clark:

"Inexperienced but obsessive" is just how I like to think of myself, so I want to try this exercise you gave in the middle of Thread 1.

"Here is a gratuitous chord exercise for the ambitious beginner. (If I haven't blown the HTML) It moves up and down from G6 to G7 to Gmaj7 and back down again. The trick is this: only two fingers may be lifted from the fingerboard for any single change! Under no circumstances may you reposition your hand. I'm assuming you are using a flatpick and all strokes are down, 4/4 time, two beats per chord. They are four-string chords so the unplayed strings must be muted. Keep this pattern moving until it's smooth."

My question is how to mute the high E and A strings. I haven't done muting before but I'm guessing that you bend the fingers fretting the B and low E back so that they're touching the strings you want muted? Right? Or is it something you're supposed to do with your right hand?

Thanks, Marion