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184 Chapter 18 - Guitar Calisthenics
Artificial Harmonics
Harmonics are an important part of the sound of the guitar. There are a limited number of useable
harmonics available using the open strings. They generally favor a small number of keys. In order
to use harmonics in any key, a technique has been developed that is commonly called "artificial"
harmonics. The term is unfortunate as there is nothing artificial about it, the process is simply
isolating the 12th fret harmonic above any fretted note. The placement of the right hand is critical
as you must touch the string with your index finger at exactly 12 fret higher than the note you are
playing on the fretboard. While touching the string with your R.H. index finger, pluck the string
with 'a' finger of the right hand. The right hand does two things,
1) 'i' touches the string at the 12th fret above the fretted note and
2) 'a' plucks the string
As an example, to play an artificial harmonic on G, you play G on string 1, fret 3, then with 'i', you
touch string 1 at the 15th fret, (12 frets above fret 3) then pluck string 1 with 'a' while still touching
it with 'i'. It's very a delicate technique, the placement of the touch is critical and the combined
touch/pluck timing is very tricky. If you work at it you can play scales in harmonics by tracking
the fingering of your left hand and always moving the 'i' finger 12 frets higher. When using
artificial harmonics the major and minor chords are available in all keys.
Play the written notes with the left hand but touch with 'i' of the right hand at the locations
indicated in the tablature.
18-7
18-8
14 16 14 15 17 14 16 17 16 14 17 15 14
16 14 14 16 17 15 17 18 15 17 15 18 17 15
17 16 14
18-9
14
14 15 12 14 14 15 16 16 14 16 14 12
12 12 14 12
17 16 12 12 14 14 14 15
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