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- From: neilg@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil MG Gall)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: Artificial harmonics
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.155522.14367@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 15:55:22 GMT
- References: <C19yqz.1ABI@austin.ibm.com> <1993Jan23.232327.19103@cs.tulane.edu>
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- Organization: Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
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- In article <1993Jan23.232327.19103@cs.tulane.edu>, butterwo@cs.tulane.edu (Blake Butterworth) writes:
- **
- ** Speaking of harmonics, could some of the more experienced guitarists out
- ** there give me some pointers on techniques to sounding artificial harmonics?
- ** Do you use your index or middle finger or choke up on the pick? Sounding the
- ** harmonics isn't difficult, its just playing them at fast speeds that is
- ** really difficult for me. I've noticed alot of guitarists, especially in the
- ** hard rock/heavy metal genres, have mastered these techniques and use them in
- ** there music alot. They blaze through a solo or even an up tempo riff, sound
- ** some harmonics and keep on going. Can someone give me some insight? Thanks.
- **
- ** Blake
-
- Practice... practice... practice...
-
- Don't worry - I haven't mastered it yet either. Some artificial harmonics
- are easier than others - start with them. As with everything else, start
- slowly and build up speed. You already know *how* to play them - it's
- just a matter of building up to the stage where you can play one wherever
- you want. Think of the analogy: There was a time where you knew how to play
- *all* the notes you wanted - but stringing them together into a coherent
- tune was very difficult -- It just took practice.
-
- Good squealy luck.
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