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- From: jkiparsk@reed.edu (Jonathan Kiparsky)
- Subject: Re: Harmonics
- References: <C19yqz.1ABI@austin.ibm.com> <1jq01aINN8e0@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:25:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.062537.29533@reed.edu>
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- You can tune the high B and E to the low E and A with the seventh fret
- harmonics. I usually do this, and tune the middle two strings to the third
- frets(octaves) on the high strings. I find that this method gives me the most
- "in-tune" sound for fingerpicking, which is when I really hear it.(love
- those not-quite-octaves!).
-
- If you play around a bit, you can find a lot of cool tricks using odd
- harmonics. I found an A scale that runs from the fifth fret of the
- fifth string to the third fret of the fourth, like so:
-
- ----------------
- ----------------
- -------------5--
- -------5---4---3
- -5---4---3------
- ---3------------
-
- If you use the G# at the fourth fret of the sixth string, you can get the main
- lick from Optomistic Thought(Blues Traveller). It's pretty good for dropping
- jaws when you pull a solo in it, too.
- -jon
-