RedHotChiliPepper
Second Lieutenant   Posts: 74 Registered: 7/6/2004 Status: Offline
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 posted on 12/28/2004 at 19:49 |
I'm not sure how to play artificial harmonics. My teacher showed me, but
since it is holiday time, i won't see him for a while. I saw a lesson on
the site about harmonics, but nothing about artificial harmonics. Can
anyone explain them to me, please???
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Spidercents
Moderator  Posts: 1007 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 12/28/2004 at 22:02, Reply 1 |
I can tell you what I know about harmonics...artificial or otherwise...you
can get harmonics from your basic fith fret,7th fret and so on which you
probably know...also when you pluck the string with pick have the string
slightly touch your thumb simutaniously as you pick...meaning the pick hits
first and thumb second however its done quick and seemless...This produces
a squeal.
also play any chord...(bar chords work well)...play any chord but dont
strum chord...lets say you have a A bar chord on the 5th fret...hold the
chord form without struming...Now go to the 15th fret and tap on the
postion that you are holding on the 5 th however tap on the 15 th...I think
it works if you tap on the steel fret its self to get the harmonics...If
you still have questions just ask. ____________________
Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
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Jack_GVR
First Lieutenant  Posts: 7 Registered: 1/17/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 4/20/2007 at 13:51, Reply 2 |
"Artificial" Harmonics: fret any note as usual with the left hand. With the
right hand index finger, lightly touch the string (without deflecting it)
12 frets above the fretted note. Pluck the string with the right hand pinky
finger while touching the string with the right hand index. This gives a
"harmonic" sound one octave above the fretted note. You can also touch 7
frets above the fretted note for a harmonic an octave and a fifth above, or
5 frets above for a harmonic 2 octaves up.
The full name is "harmonic overtone" - "harmonic" is for short but nowadays
everybody knows what it means and has forgotten the original term and where
it arose. There is an infinite series of harmonic overtones, of which you
can hear about the first 16 on a guitar string by lightly touching the
string at the 1/2 point, the 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 etc points with a left hand
finger while plucking close to the bridge for a bright trebly sound which
will bring out the sound of the upper harmonics better. Only the first
three harmonic nodes are to be found exactly at frets - the 12th, 7th and
5th. After that the math of the harmonics and the fret layout goes in two
different directions. ____________________
Jack from Guitar Vacation Retreats
http://www.guitar-vacation-retreats.com
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Guitar101
Moderator  Posts: 454 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 4/30/2007 at 09:16, Reply 3 |
| Or in the Rock world it's called Tapped Harmonics like Eddie Van Halen made
popular. ____________________
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