quick guitar tab question

[metalbeard]

Say you have the following chord:

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--7---
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--7---
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I understand that I'm not supposed to play the string between the notes. So how would I play that chord without striking the string between the two notes?

 

[Vimana]

Make the first finger touch the string behind it so that it prevents it from ringing.

 

[metalbeard]

Make the first finger touch the string behind it so that it prevents it from ringing.

Ah, as I thought, it didn't feel right though which is why I asked.

 

[waif]

Or play it fingerstyle.
The intro to Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name is like that, it's played fingerstyle.

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--12---10--8---7/8---7---5---7--|--12---10--8---7/8---7---5---4--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--10---9---7---5h7---5---3---5--|--10---9---7---5h7---5---3---2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(just copied this off a tab site, too lazy to actually write it down myself)

 

[tagradh]

(just copied this off a tab site, too lazy to actually write it down myself)

Oh, you scoundrel, you.

 

[waif]

It's accurate, though (my friend has a Maiden tab book and I'm pretty sure the tab I copied that from was actually copied from that book).