Staccato-Legato feel.
or
Short-Long feel.
This one is a straight beat (not a swing beat).
It’s about note length, not volume (accents).
Muting can be done by
- lifting the fretting finger off the fretboard slightly
(doesn’t work for open strings).
- using other fretting hand finger(s) to alternately dampen/ undampen the string
eg 1. fret with index, mute with middle +/- ring finger.
eg 2. Fret with middle, mute with ring/pinkie (harder to do).
- plucking hand let the alternate finger land on the string quickly to mute it.
- combination of all three esp for lower notes or B string (more mass = more muting required).
- pick style: I mute more with my fretting hand while playing pick style.
All downstrokes is more tiring but gives more note consistency esp when recording LIVE as a whole band.
Easier to mute with a lighter attack (less string motion) and lighter gauge strings (less mass).
Personally I find it easier to play on flatwounds or old roundwounds as there’s less zing/ high frequencies to worry about muting.
Turning your tone down might help as you’re learning to do this smoothly.
) the downbeats - short downbeats and long upbeats.
