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 Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:59 am
Ok, my friend sent me an e-mail on how to do naural,artificial, pinch, and tapped harmonics, and i don't really get it. Can someone help me out here?
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:32 pm
Natural harmonics are the easiest.You barely touch the string over the fret wire with your left hand fingers,and then pick it and pop your finger off.A good example is the beginning of Yes's "Round A Bout".I think Pinch harmonics and Artificial harmonics are the same thing.I prefer calling them pinch harmonics.Zakk Wylde uses them in all of his heavy stuff.Alright,pinch harmonics,These are tricky.Turn as much distortion on as you can and when you pick the string the edge of your thumb should hit it probably 1/3 of a second later.This is a pick technique,so watch how you hold it.Your thumb should poke out the edge of the pick very little.Let me know if you have trouble.Now,for tapping harmonics.There mainly used by acoustic players.A good example is Eddie Van Halens "Spanish Fly" Say you were to play the A minor chord.You would tap the string 12 frets higher than where you originaly fret it.Keep holding the original chord voicing though.The point of this is so it plays the original note and the same note an octave higher.Any questions P.M. me.Rock On scream
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:36 pm
Artifical/pinch (or pitch?) harmonics are tricky, and take alot of practise. Natural harmonics are the easiest to do. For AH/PHs, a video of how to do them, or someone showing you in person is much easier to learn from.
Sorry I'm bad at explainations, so I won't try to, but TrebleClef has done pretty well. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:01 pm
to start doing pinch harmonics I would suggestr doing them before a bend, there the sound lasts longer...at least thats the way I learned how to do em, through bends, then single notes
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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:29 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:38 pm
i'm a big user of artificial harmonics. treble clef has the description pretty much down, but it's always helped me to make sure u pick the string with the top of the pointed part of the pick before it hits your thumb. its kindof a cheat. it produces the same sound, but if u mess up the timing or dont hit with your thumb u still get a similar sound.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:26 pm
solsthiem i'm a big user of artificial harmonics. treble clef has the description pretty much down, but it's always helped me to make sure u pick the string with the top of the pointed part of the pick before it hits your thumb. its kindof a cheat. it produces the same sound, but if u mess up the timing or dont hit with your thumb u still get a similar sound.
That's how I do them, I was under the impression that was pretty much the way to do them? As long as you do it fast enough that it's one note, not the fretted note and then its harmonic after it.
Vibrato your AH/PHs.. it sustains much longer, and adds a little zest into it. 3nodding Xenin has a point, bends help them last longer but vibratoing them makes them ring for a while. However doing them before through bends doesnt make a difference to learning them, whether you bend, vibrato or just make the single note you still learn how to do them.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:16 am
Artificial and Pinch Harmonics are not the same thing. You gave a good description of Pinch Harmonics, but Artificial Harmonics are done by playing a harmonic 12 frets above the note you are holding.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:28 am
greqrg Artificial and Pinch Harmonics are not the same thing. You gave a good description of Pinch Harmonics, but Artificial Harmonics are done by playing a harmonic 12 frets above the note you are holding.
I know that, but they are done almost the same way..? Like, you can't do it any other way than picking it the same way as a PH. Its like a PH, but picked 12 frets higher, right?
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