Originally Posted by: jongjtjt

Could you also please confirm that this isn't weird:

https://streamable.com/8lhqf2[/quote][p]That is a totally normal result of the 2 technique problems in that video. Carl mentioned them both.

1. You aren't picking/strumming the string of each note that you play to make it really ring out & sound the way the guitar is designed to be played.

2. You aren't muting each open string when lifting your finger off of it. You can either mute with your fretting hand (don't pull your finger off the string completely), or your picking hand palm.

When you combine both of those problems the result is that the fretted notes are very quiet (because you aren't picking them) relative to the open strings that ring (because you aren't muting them).

[quote=jongjtjt]When I let go of the strings they all play. I just press down and lift my finger.

Yes, that happens when you don't mute them. :)