Author Topic: Coil Tapping / Pinch Harmonics (Read 10128 times)

Elliot · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2006, 04:55:00 PM »

Its a fingerstyle technique (although I can't see why you could'nt do it if you use a pick) so you use your picking hand to generate the harmonic.

jimi hendrix · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2006, 07:59:39 PM »

Quote from: sambo

maybe i do... ! :o :D

Yeah, but you know what they say about men with foot long hands... :D

sambo · « **Reply #17 on:** February 22, 2006, 08:03:01 PM »

hahaha! 8)

Neemo · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2006, 08:24:57 PM »

Quote from: Elliot

I dont think pinch harmonics are the same as artificial harmonics - at least not in the acoustic guitar world - artificial harmonics are where you play the harmonic (usually) 12 frets above a fretted note so you get the effect of a 12th fret harmonic but , i.e. if you fret the second string you can play the '12th fret' harmonic on the 14th fret.

I thought that was tap harmonic? Or atleast that's what Satriani calls them.

MDV · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2006, 09:01:18 PM »

Artificial harmonic: retting a note and playing a harmonic from that using the picking hand to touch the harmonic out. As previously said.

Tapped harmonic: As I understand it a tapped harmonic is where you tap a note that is a harmonic of the fretted note, but you tap it on top of the fret, so you get a harmonic sound thats sounded with a tap.

dave_mc · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:05:24 PM »

^total guitar (the mag) sometimes confuse things by calling "harp harmonics" artificial harmonics, while the USA mags use pinch and artificial interchangeably.

but yeah, tapped harmonics are what mark/mdv said.

I dunno, i just know what the techniques are :D

genocidal tendencies · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2006, 12:02:31 AM »

I could be wrong, but I think tapped and pinch harmonics are both types of artificial harmonic - artificial in that they aren't natural.

lulusg · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2006, 12:10:07 AM »

Actually they very unnatural...and artificial. :)

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2006, 05:06:44 PM »

oh right, cool. Wasn't expecting quite a response but hey, always helps to have more than one opinion.

Cheers

MDV · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2006, 05:11:47 PM »

Geno: you could tap a natural harmonic.

genocidal tendencies · « **Reply #25 on:** February 23, 2006, 06:57:26 PM »

Isn't it still technically a natural harmonic though, being on an open string, whereas tapped harmonics have to be fretted?

lulusg · « **Reply #26 on:** February 23, 2006, 07:56:28 PM »

...please disregard my input! No idea what I was talking about...tried to be funny but it didn't work out! :shock:

Author Topic: Coil Tapping / Pinch Harmonics (Read 10128 times)

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