fret buzz + no muting technique = my style

[Bass.]

can anyone help please?
i've been noticing alot more than ever that when i release a string (usually to mute it) i always get this fret buzz. that's not noticable in live jams (by anyone that's mentioned it) but it's annoying. i can feel it and i know there are ways of stopping it. i just don't have a teacher and i'm the only bass player that i know on a personal level

[thumbzilla]

Must not be releasing completely. If the string doesn't touch the fret, it can't buzz.

[Erick Lam]

Mute with plucking hand.

[Bluez Dawg]

Practice Practice Practice

[BrandonBass]

maybe your action is too low

[Demon]

Maybe your stopping the string to slow,wheen i do that iget buzz to.

[Bass.]

if i raise the action that will help with the fret buzz when i release the string?

[BrandonBass]

Originally Posted by Bass.

if i raise the action that will help with the fret buzz when i release the string?

ermm...we wouldnt know unless you try and raise it :-/

[Naveed Afzal]

Originally Posted by Bass.

if i raise the action that will help with the fret buzz when i release the string?

ehm... maybe, but if the problem isnt the action and its you, wont rising the action make more tension, thus pressing down will be harder and cause more?

or it could fix the situation, but eh.

[marcopalla]

I had the opposite problem, I did too much movement to mute strings with sx

a good exercise is:
do it in 1/16 on D on A string (and after 20 repetitions change string and note, but is not important) slowly, 40 bpm (after 20 change 50 - 60 or 30)

A) x x x x d (x=ghost note ; d=note)
you do 4x4 times changing finger (on the same fret):
1) iv iv iv iv x4 (pinky= 4 fingers on the fretboard)
2) iii iii iii iii iii x4 (ring finger= 3 fingers....)
3) ii ii ii ii ii x4
4) i i i i i x4

then other 4x4 times changing ghost notes (and fingers)
x x d d

and so on
x d d d

and from the biginning

U have to be carefull about pression on frets to mute notes and to mute ALSO with dx hand at the same time

I don't know if it is clear in standard notation is easier....

my 0.2 $

peace,
m.

[Alec W. Conway]

Move your thumb around, the one on the plucking hand. If you play on your G, move your thumb and rest it on the D. When you jump down to the D, switch your thumb and rest in on the A.

To mute your E, or B on a 5 string, you can try reaching around with your thumb from your fret hand. But for this you need long fingers. Also, a 6 string neck might be too wide for you to do this.

[allanmac00]

I agree with Alec. Many players learn to play by resting their rt. hand thumb on the pickup, which keeps strings ringing out after they've been played. Learn to rest your thumbs on the strings themselves. Not only will it help mute the strings you don't want to ring, it will allow you to jump more quickly between strings. IMHO

[vyse933]

lower your action father from where it is and make it your sound! i've heard bass in songs (some good ska songs..reel big fish i believe) where you can only make it sound the way it does with lots and lots of fret buzz