I use palm for open string or for the root on a power chord, I use the pick for a fast hard stop.
I didn’t catch him in this video, but I have in the past seen him sneak his “driving” finger over the root/opens to quiet them.
I’ve just been trying it. Muting the open string while lifting the fretting finger (same finger) is easy enough. Getting the timing of the mute right will take some practice!
can you please tell something about your equipment? The sound is awesome. Guitar is PRS, but the rest…
Very excited about this series. This is very valuable.
Don’t know if it is just me, but the Guitar Pro download is locked so I’m unable to change the tempo.
Please let me know if anyone has been able to adjust the tempo.
Try editing the percentage next to the disabled tempo bpm. Thats typically how locked GPro files work. (I’ve not tried this particular one)
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Most of Justin’s GP files are locked but as Ashu says you can change the percentage to slow or speed things up, as below
Orignal setting 100% at 92 bpm
then dropped to 80% and 73.6 bpm
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Thanks guys. My Guitar Pro skills are clearly rusty; I was working in the wrong spot. I have it working now 
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Why is it absolutely essential to start and finish the rhythm on the one? Why not start on one and finish on the four, which makes more sense to me?
It’s not essential at all Stuart.
It’s just the one Justin started on; the rhythmic possibilities here are numerous, and no one is any better, or more essential.
Cheers, Shane
It not absolutely essential, you can start on any note you want to but if you end on the one it feels resolved. If you end on the 4 you should be moving to the 4 chord to keep the flow of the song. Some with the 5.
This is the first lesson of a beginner series so I guessing Justin is starting off slow to each beginners
Both. Thanks for the clarification although this must be confusing to beginners. Why say it’s “absolutely essential to start and finish the rhythm on the one” when it isn’t. I hope that Justin expands/explains this in further videos.
Yes, there is some ambiguity here. When Justin says that, he means it within the context of this particular lesson. This lesson confines itself to a particular rhythmic structure: the rhythm part starts and ends on beat 1, the fills occupy beats 2-4. All the various fills in this lesson follow this simple pattern. So, in this context it is important that the rhythm part starts and ends on beat 1.
Of course, in a more general sense, a fill doesn’t have to start on beat 2 or any other beat.
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The first time I read your question I thought you where asking about the 1 as in the root note, I see you asking about the beat 1. John has given you the best answer.
Hi
has anyone issues with the Guitar Pro file from this lesson?
I downloaded it but I cannot open the GP file 
I tried different apps and web tools (eb UltimateGuitar) but nothing works.
Any ideas?
thanks
Guenter
You will need GuitarPro to open those files.
These files can only be opened using the GuitarPro program. Justin has a lesson on Guitar Pro on the website and used to provide an offer. Unable to share the lesson link but I am sure someone will oblige in due course.
Welcome to the forum.
https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/guitar-pro-experiments-bg-1905
Discount code on the learn more page
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if you don’t have Guitar download the PDF file they are the same without the GP features.
I’m practicing with the PDF already,
But a GuitarPro file is so much more convenient to work with
I’m using other GP files from Justin with Ultimate Guitar and Guitartab already without any issues.
That’s why it’s strange that this one is not working…