How would you modify the muting technique when finger picking on an electric guitar?

1. How do you make finger picking sound better?
2. How do you increase string muting?

How do you make finger picking sound better?

How To Fingerpick

1. Keep your nails at a consistent length. ...
2. Highlight those bass notes. ...
3. Prioritise the melody notes. ...
4. Do not lose the groove. ...
5. Work on the picking hand's muscle memory. ...
6. Don't be afraid of rubato.

How do you increase string muting?

Try to rest your fretting fingers against the adjacent idle strings - this'll mute them out for you. Also, it's easy to strum too hard, so try to target only the strings in the chords. Incidentally, if you're struggling with the rhythm take a look at the boxout on the right.