Raking

Reference         "Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below." --Joseph Addison

Techniques Bending Double-Stops Harmonics Hammer-on and pull-offs Palm Muting Raking Right Hand Tapping Slapping Slides Trills Vibrato Strumming Open Chords Power Chords Barre Chords Sweep Picking Alternate Picking Tremolo Picking Building Dexterity Building Speed Advanced Exercises Improvisation

Raking is like Sweep Picking except it involves muting with your fretting hand.

Tablature Notation

Raking will not be specifically indicated- but there are ways to tell if it's going.

• Muted Strings are always involved.
• You progress from each string to an adjacent string.
• You can hear it going on in the song!

e|---------5----|
B|--------x-----|
G|-------x------|
D|------x-------|
A|-----x--------|
E|--------------|

Example Riff

An example of raking:

• extend me!

e|---9-|
B|--x--|
G|-x---|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-----|