Pinch Harmonics!!! |
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Pinch Harmonics!!! |
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Dec 26 2006, 10:20 PM |
Hey GMCers, Ive been trying to learn to pinch harmonic and for some reason i cant! Every time I try a pinch harmonic either nothing happens or the note stops entirely. What am I doing wrong and what can I do to correct it? I think its very hard to explain to someone how to do it but very easy to show someone. Its not as hard as you might think. My way to describe it is this, I think part of it is to do with how you hold your pick. Im my case I usually only have a few millimetres showing below my thumb...so if I want a harmonic sound I simply dig deeper on the string with the pick so that as I pluck it, its a much harder pluck and my thumb just kinda strokes the string at the same time- its a matter of the pluck and thumb leaving the string together - I am not actually "pinching" the string...its kinda hard to explain other than if it were not for it being a harmoninic it would be a mute sound created, not a clean pluck. Its also vital that you pluck the string at exactly the right place - and I mean exactly!.. Fret the bottom E string (the thin one) at the 9th fret and pluck right where the neck ends as I describe above - won't sound right - a heavy dull pluck - move down towards the bridge a centimeter or less and pluck again - keep doing plucking and moving the picking towards the bridge, always downstrokes until suddenly you will hit the spot where the harmonic rings and instead of a dull poorly plucked note you will get a harmonic ring out. You will find a sweet spot where the harmonic works everytime. So to summarise - its digging deeper with the pick and touching the string as you pluck with the thumb that is holding the pick - but at exactly the right place on the string which will vary depending on the string and where you fret the string. -------------------- its not easy
banging your head against some mad buggers wall. Variax 300. Pod XTL & Crate amp some of my recordings are here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergb/ |
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Dec 27 2006, 06:56 PM |
This is Kinda Surreal...
Does this Mean I can say on my CV that - I - taught SRV to play guitar !!! pretty Ironic that lol -------------------- its not easy
banging your head against some mad buggers wall. Variax 300. Pod XTL & Crate amp some of my recordings are here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergb/ |
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Dec 28 2006, 11:37 AM |
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Dec 28 2006, 10:50 PM
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it is sweet when u can do it whenever u want though, it jazzes the songs up
talkin bout pinched harmonics here |
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Mar 28 2007, 07:14 PM
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Hm. Im really not sure if I get this pinch harmonic thing right Im confused
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May 21 2008, 02:04 AM |
Hm. Im really not sure if I get this pinch harmonic thing right Im confused A "Artificial Harmonic" most commonly known as a Pinch Harmonic occurs when your pick and thumb simontenously hit a string above your pickup (Creating a High pitched Squeel), there are "sweet" spots above your pickups that will produce clearer pitches I usualy play my "pinch" harmonics above my first pickup. If you having trouble producing them, think as if your digging a hole with your pick and your thumb is barley touching the string when you finish. I learned this about a week ago and now they are pretty much second nature now. gotta love the MAD SQUEEELZ This post has been edited by [email protected]: May 21 2008, 02:13 AM -------------------- Guitars:EsP-LtD F-2E, Jackson King V, Fender Strat MFX: Pandora PX5D, Zoom 505. Sennheiser HD25 mk II Headphones Blown Amp :( |
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