Muting strings below the one you're playing

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I’m a total beginner and have just completed module 1. I really enjoyed it but have a question about finger placement on the strings/fretboard.

When I hold a string on a fret, should the strings ‘below’ my finger be muffled by my finger or should I try and keep the end of my finger upright enough so that only the tip of my finger is touching the string I’m playing & all strings lower down are uncovered? For example, if I’m playing a note on the D string, is it OK that my finger mutes the G string below it?

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Muting is almost always good but also be careful to fret/pluck correctly.

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Great - thanks for the clarification

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Yeah playing bass is the opposite of strumming guitar here. On bass you generally want to mute as many of the open strings as possible.

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Relevant, in case you haven’t seen it:

Getting in the habit of good muting from the beginning will only help. Even if it somewhat slows down the learning. I’m wishing now that I had focused on it more than I did when I started.

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Thanks for that. Really useful video that clarifies things totally

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