Guitar players...

[thirdlegstump]

If you think pinched harmonics are hard, wait till you get into fanned harmonics.

 

[Fritzo]

I could tell you if I could hear it.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Garth
Pinch harmonics, actually. It helps if you use a lot of overdrive/distortion, too. Those accentuate the harmonics.

-Garth

I listened to what I think he was talking about, and I agree.

I don't change the pick position when I play them. It's just a matter of finding a place to put the "meat" of your hand down 🙂

 

[Platypus]

They are pinch harmonics

 

I can't help doing pinch harmonics. I really don't like them at all, but for some reason I can do them very easily.

 

[slightlyhuman]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
If you think pinched harmonics are hard, wait till you get into fanned harmonics.

qft

 

[Mrvile]

Ok guys, back.

I can do normal harmonics fine now (that pentatonic scale (7/12/7/12/7/12/etc.) is sweet) but pinch harmonics man wtf. I can get open strings fine but the fretted pinch harmonics are killing me. It's like, as soon as I touch the string, no matter how light I touch it, the sound just dies. 😕

 

Light? You got to snap on that bitch. I don't really know how to explain it, but you sort of snap off hard with your thumb leaving the string last. It's easier than it seems, you just can't think about it.

 

[thirdlegstump]

For the pinch harmonics, you have to find a sweet spot for your picking hand. Some spots are completely dead, some spots give off a high squeak and some spots are somewhere between a normal harmonic and a squealy harmonic. Like Dwell said, with your picking hand, you have to hit the pinch harmonics notes really hard. The mechanics of the picking hand is simple. First the string hits the pick really hard followed by the flesh of the thumb which should graze through the string. The flesh is what causes the squeak while the pick initiates the attack. It does take some serious practice but once you get the hang of it and find the sweet spots, you should be able to nail them almost everytime.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
For the pinch harmonics, you have to find a sweet spot for your picking hand. Some spots are completely dead, some spots give off a high squeak and some spots are somewhere between a normal harmonic and a squealy harmonic. Like Dwell said, with your picking hand, you have to hit the pinch harmonics notes really hard. The mechanics of the picking hand is simple. First the string hits the pick really hard followed by the flesh of the thumb which should graze through the string. The flesh is what causes the squeak while the pick initiates the attack. It does take some serious practice but once you get the hang of it and find the sweet spots, you should be able to nail them almost everytime.

Aditionally, to get some good resonance from the harmonic, you might want to bend the string in a vibrato-like fashion to help the note ring. If you don't the pitch will die quickly.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: Rock Hydra

Originally posted by: deathkoba
For the pinch harmonics, you have to find a sweet spot for your picking hand. Some spots are completely dead, some spots give off a high squeak and some spots are somewhere between a normal harmonic and a squealy harmonic. Like Dwell said, with your picking hand, you have to hit the pinch harmonics notes really hard. The mechanics of the picking hand is simple. First the string hits the pick really hard followed by the flesh of the thumb which should graze through the string. The flesh is what causes the squeak while the pick initiates the attack. It does take some serious practice but once you get the hang of it and find the sweet spots, you should be able to nail them almost everytime.

Aditionally, to get some good resonance from the harmonic, you might want to bend the string in a vibrato-like fashion to help the note ring. If you don't the pitch will die quickly.

Of course. For any sustain you should have some heavy vibrato going. No doubt about that. Maybe I should make a video.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Pinched harmonics aren't too hard once you get the hang of them. I've already gotten the hang of them.

btw, deathkoba, thanks for the vids you sent me!! 🙂

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: Lucifer
Pinched harmonics aren't too hard once you get the hang of them. I've already gotten the hang of them.

btw, deathkoba, thanks for the vids you sent me!! 🙂

Not a problem. I'm bored so I guess I'll make another video.

pinchies!

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Thanks for the vid! 🙂

 

[silverpig]

Harmonics are easy... pinched harmonics are more difficult, and that's what those are.