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- From: termite@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Paik)
- Subject: Re: Artificial harmonics
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.052922.28334@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <1993Jan23.232327.19103@cs.tulane.edu> <1993Jan25.225203.5547@news.unomaha.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 05:29:22 GMT
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- I haven't read any responses on this thread yet where anyone does what I
- sometimes do.
-
- For harmonics ala Billy Gibbons (ZZTop) I usually choke up and use my thumb
- like everyone else but when I want to hit definite harmonics and not just
- random harmonics I do something different.
-
- I hold the pick between my thumb and middle finger leaving my index finger
- free. I then put my index finger down where the harmonic will ring and pck
- with my thumb and middle finger. I usually only do the 2nd harmonic with
- this technique because it gets too hard otherwise.
-
- The trick is to play a line with your left hand and instead of picking
- regularly you hit the 2nd harmonic. Here's an example:
-
- Left hand Right hand index finger
- 2nd fret 14th fret
- 5th fret 17th fret
- 7th fret 19th fret
-
- OK, did I confuse everyone? Does anyone else out there do this?
-
- Dave
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