Tappin harmonics?
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wickedmartini
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I just hit a note and tap on the fret one octave higher... Maybe this explains it better (below)... I also find i get a cleaner and quicker harmonic when i tap with my finger at the first joint rather than with my fingertip... I hope this helps...
Description: If you know where to tap, an ordinary blues bend can scream in bright harmonics that are an octave, an octave plus a fifth, and two octaves above the bend’s fretted pitch. But first, make sure you know howto tap harmonics. “I get harmonics by holding a note with my fretting-hand finger while I tap my right index finger exactly 12 frets up,” says Eddie Van Halen, who demonstrated the approach on an Amchord in the July ’84 GP(Ex. 1). “Tap directly on the fret and remove your tapping finger quickly. This brings out the harmonic plusthe lower note.” To apply tapped harmonics to a bend, try the Van Halen-approved move in Ex. 2. Start by bending D up to E, holding the bend while you tap harmonics at the 19th, 14th, and 12th frets. When you release the bend you’ll be left with a harmonic two octaves above the original D.
I just hit a note and tap on the fret one octave higher... Maybe this explains it better (below)... I also find i get a cleaner and quicker harmonic when i tap with my finger at the first joint rather than with my fingertip... I hope this helps...
Description: If you know where to tap, an ordinary blues bend can scream in bright harmonics that are an octave, an octave plus a fifth, and two octaves above the bend’s fretted pitch. But first, make sure you know howto tap harmonics. “I get harmonics by holding a note with my fretting-hand finger while I tap my right index finger exactly 12 frets up,” says Eddie Van Halen, who demonstrated the approach on an Amchord in the July ’84 GP(Ex. 1). “Tap directly on the fret and remove your tapping finger quickly. This brings out the harmonic plusthe lower note.” To apply tapped harmonics to a bend, try the Van Halen-approved move in Ex. 2. Start by bending D up to E, holding the bend while you tap harmonics at the 19th, 14th, and 12th frets. When you release the bend you’ll be left with a harmonic two octaves above the original D.
shredaholic
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A good setup helps - it's harder with superlow shredder action, but then again also harder with 2-inch-off-the-fretboard-old-acoustic-guitar action
A good setup helps - it's harder with superlow shredder action, but then again also harder with 2-inch-off-the-fretboard-old-acoustic-guitar action
wickedmartini
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The wrong phaser can also bury the harmonics too...
RGN said:
The wrong phaser can also bury the harmonics too...
shredaholic
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Tapping harmonics is quite different from normal tapping.
With normal tapping you hit the string hard and then sortof flick the string off to the side when you lift up your finger. Your finger has contact with the fretboard longer than it does with tapped harmonics.
When you tap harmonics, you have to launch your finger really hard at the actual fret bar (not the bit between the frets like normal tapping), and move it off instantaneously. It should hurt your finger a bit when you do it. If it helps, try imagine the fret bar is really really hot (eg 1000 degrees?). You need to whack it hard but get your finger straight back outta there before it burns.
Tapping harmonics is quite different from normal tapping.
With normal tapping you hit the string hard and then sortof flick the string off to the side when you lift up your finger. Your finger has contact with the fretboard longer than it does with tapped harmonics.
When you tap harmonics, you have to launch your finger really hard at the actual fret bar (not the bit between the frets like normal tapping), and move it off instantaneously. It should hurt your finger a bit when you do it. If it helps, try imagine the fret bar is really really hot (eg 1000 degrees?). You need to whack it hard but get your finger straight back outta there before it burns.
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