How to mute high E string in such a chord?

[pawelsberg]

I have trouble not playing high E string in such a chords screenshot .
I see 3 solutions here:
- Do not strum high E string at all. But it is realy hard when there are few chords like that in a row.
- Mute it using 3rd finger. It is hard because lower 3 string are pressed by the same finger.
- Mute it using 4/5 finger. It is also hard because I end up with pressing it too hard and not mutting it correctly.
How do you play such a chord so that high E string is not played?

[Morty]

Easiest way is not strumming high E string. It won't be hard after some practice.

Edit: I saw that you have 400+ hours on this game so I recommend using Riff Repeater until you can do it right.

[905]

I would say I do both options 1 and 2. I try not to strum the high e. But I also just slightly try to curve my 3rd finger just slightly away from the high e. For me it is actually harder to get the high e to sound in a chord like that. At least for me it is sorta automatically muted.

Are all 400 hours yours or are you sharing the game with others? I ask because at 400 hours it is hard to imagine you haven't seen that chord before. I'd also reccomend you check out youtube. I'm pretty sure justin guitar would have a video on the A shape bar chord. My hand doesn't do it very well, but some people can bend back the 3rd finger so tht the high e rings out clearly but fretted accross with you 1st finger. Then it is truly the same A shape that you play at the nut.

[pawelsberg]

Thanks for your replays. 400 hours is mostly mine. I've seen this kind of chord many times. And Rocksmith accepts such a chords even if high E is played. I am not very happy with a quality of sound of such a chords I am playing. In my case: B string is not so loud as in other chords or I can hear high E string. I want to be sure that I am not developing some weird bad habbit.

[grimlog]

I mute it with my index finger. I play it slightly like a barre, but I only press the A-string down really, the other 3 string are fretted higher, so it does not matter my index finger touches them also 1 or 2 frets below. Advantage is, that this also mutes the low E-string, if I want it to.

[SiegeFrog]

Justin teaches that you play this chord more like a power chord, so you lay your first finger flat. It frets the note on the A string. The tip of it touches the low E string to mute it, and the underside of it mutes the high e string. If you align your third finger correctly, it only frets strings 2-4, and the underside of it mutes the high e as well.

To be truthful, most people find it a lot harder to get the note on the high e sounding well than to mute it. Actually, the note on the high e (if it is fretted with a first finger bar) should be included in the chord, so if you can get it sounding cleanly consistently, leave it in. Most people have the opposite problem.

I see you're trying to play The Cure's Boys Don't Cry. Here are Justin's lessons for the chords you'll need. It's especially good to watch them in order, so you'll understand why you play them this way:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BC-143-Aminibar-chord.php
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-131-AShapeMajorBarreChords.php
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-141-AShapeMinDom7Min7BarreChords.php

EDIT:

I thought again about your original question and decided I was misunderstanding you. In the picture you linked, it's a D chord with the root on the 5th string 5th fret. If you're getting the B note on the 1st string 7th fret with your third finger then you need to adjust your technique. See the 2nd Justin lesson above. If you're getting the A note on the 1st string 5th fret with your 1st finger, then congratulations, that's not an easy note to get consistently.

[MTZIGG]

Well I mute it using 1st finger sort of like playing the the full bar Dcord in that position
just focus on playing the D note on the A string. You wiill find it very dificult to play inside the E strings. Just try some Iron Maiden and not hit thoes strings ;-). My 1st finger plays the note and mutes both the E strings like Frog said it seems harder to hit it then not ;-)

[TRex Bassist]

Try using the third finger and extending it up so it hits the side of the high e thus muting it.

[pawelsberg]

Thanks. In SiegeFrog's post there are lessons which cover what I was looking for.
Cheers.

[Bobifle]

First, thank you for asking properly a question with a screenshot illustrating your problem.
Few people make the effort and wonder why they get an approximate answer.

To mute the high E string, use your 3rd finger.

What is rather strange is that you have trouble muting it while most of ppl would have trouble NOT muting it. Probably a question of hand shape.

Keep practing and you'll eventually get it, no reason not to.

Cheers,