How to play this tab

[SMC]

right i just started playing the guitar and i came across this tab...and im thinking...how do i play that? Its something like :

e
g 6
b 7
d x
a 5
E

My problem is how to play that mute....yea any help would be much appreaciated thanks.

 

[deathism]

use a part of ur index finger to dampen..i guess.

 

[Phil]

Yeah just mute the 'X'.

 

[SMC]

oh man, i was hoping for an easier way. lol, looks like im going to have to work on extending my index finger. thanks dude.

 

[emg-rocks]

its really not that difficult man...

e
g 6 - middle finger
b 7 - ring finger
d x - just 'flatten' your index finger a bit to mute this string
a 5 - index finger
E

 

[markedymark]

its almost like a barre chord on acoustic.

 

[deathism]

yeap..almost like a barre chord.

 

[Rise_Against]

e
g 6 - middle finger
b 7 - last finger
d x - ring finger(play x as 7 but mute with ring finger. u can also not mute it, it wont make a big diff)
a 5 - index finger
E

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

u can either lightly touch the string with ur index finger or use the tip of ur ring finger to touch it.

i think i would prefer the index finger style cuz it feels more natural

 

[dario]

Hmmm. I would just flatten my index finger over it to mute it. I think that should work.

 

[Marksman]

transpose your '5' on the A string to 0 on the D string

Hmmm okay seriously saying (that is if you really need the percussive sound of X) do it similar to the way you do barre chords, like oneo f the above users said. Another way is to use 1 of your fingers to silent the string.

 

[8fingermadness]

ebgdae or egbdae?

 

[Rise_Against]

EBGDAE