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(By Tyson)
Hey, wanna learn how to do harmonics? Here it goes.
What
is a harmonic?
You
may ask. Well, a harmonic is a beautiful effect used mainly on
acoustic guitars that provide a warm, rich sound.
How
do you do it?
A harmonic
is formed by fretting a note but not actually pressing the string down
to the fretboard, but sort of muting it instead. Then, as you
pick the note you let your finger pull off, creating a chime-like tone.
Harmonics usually have "hot spots" on the fretboard where the are easier
to sound. An example would be the 12th fret, which can be used
like this:
e-12-h-----------------
B------12-h------------
G-----------12-h-------
D----------------12-h--
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By the way, h meams harmonic in tab. You might also see it as *in some tabs. Practice that allot. It probably won't come naturally at first but over time you'll get it and when you do it will have a lot of applications in your music. Here's one last example.
e-12-h--------------12-h---------
B------7-h-----12-h------7-h-----
G----------7-h---------------7-h-



