question about pitch harmonics ( sorry if my spelling is wrong)

[gibsonguy09]

I am tryin to get the pitch harmonic osund i can almost do it occasionally. ITt is kinda hard i need help. OR give my somewhere else i can go to ask like a guitar website or something.

[Mark7]

Pinch harmonics

Here's what you do

1: hold down a chord

2: Place the first finger of your strumming/picking hand lightly (just touching on any of the strings 12 frets from where your fretting hand is

3: Pluck the string with the second finger of your strumming/picking hand.

[JSCRyan]

I've seen some dudes live play power chords using harmonics so they sound a whole octave higher. I've often wondered, how do you do THAT?

[gibsonguy09]

thnx does my pick hit first then directly after my thumb ?¿?¿

[Mark7]

Simultaneously

[SteveK]

Originally Posted by Mark7

Pinch harmonics

Here's what you do

1: hold down a chord

2: Place the first finger of your strumming/picking hand lightly (just touching on any of the strings 12 frets from where your fretting hand is

3: Pluck the string with the second finger of your strumming/picking hand.

These are also called "tapped harmonics". Instead of plucking the string, you can also lightly tap it twelve frets higher than it is fingered to get the harmonic. This is how EVH did it on the song "Dance the Night Away". The pinch harmonics are from using a pick, and as you pick the string you allow a litle bit of your thumb to cross the string almost simultaneously behind the pick. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top uses this technique a lot.

[HangDawg]

I believe Zak Wylde is the master of pinch harmonics.

[Phyl]

For some reason I've always held the pick with my thumb and ringfinger.

I've found that by brushing the string with my index finger at the same time I'm picking, I can produce lots of different harmonic tones.

[gibsonguy09]

Originally Posted by SteveK

These are also called "tapped harmonics". Instead of plucking the string, you can also lightly tap it twelve frets higher than it is fingered to get the harmonic. This is how EVH did it on the song "Dance the Night Away". The pinch harmonics are from using a pick, and as you pick the string you allow a litle bit of your thumb to cross the string almost simultaneously behind the pick. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top uses this technique a lot.

thtsnot wat i am talking about. I know how to do that the thing i am talking about isn't tht according to somepeople

[gibsonguy09]

nvm your right..... I had my terms confused

[boingoman]

Hmmm.... what I always called pinch harmonics is a strumming hand technique.


Fret a note. Adjust your thumb or pick so that a tiny part of your thumb hits the string when you pick. If you do it right, you will get a squealy sort of harmonic. And depending on your attack, and how much of your thumb hits the string, you can get multiple squeals out of the same position.

Adjust your pick hand position, and you can get many different tones from the same fretted note.

http://www.datamass.net/pi/pinch-harmonics.html

It's the technique Billy Gibbons uses on LaGrange, where he gets like ten different sqeuals out of the same fretted note just by moving his pick hand a little.

(Whoops, Steve already posted this)

It seems to me my thumb hits the string either at the same time as the pick, or a tiny bit after.

Use a healthy amount of gain.

[Codmate]

There are pinched harmonics, natural harmonics and artificial harmonics.

I tend to use artificial harmonics.

You have to be playing with fingers, not a pick, to do this.
Rest the pad of your forefinger 12 frets above the fretted note and pluck the string with your thumb. Remove your forefinger immediatly.

Voila - a beautiful harmonic

Learn to do the same technique using your little finger instead of your thumb and your 3rd finger instead of your first and you can do some really nice things that make people go 'ohhhhhhh'.

Listen to a guy called Leny Breau for some nice idea.

Have fun with them

[gibsonguy09]

THanks everybody i can do it now. Actually several differnt harmonic sounds REP points for everyone