How to Play Pinch Harmonics on Guitar the Correct Way...EVERY TIME!!!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The Perfect method to learn how to play pinch harmonics on guitar the correct way...EVERY TIME
If your pinch harmonics are inconsistent or you struggle to understand how pinch harmonics are played on the guitar, then follow the very simple steps in this video to learn a technique that will teach you how to play pinch harmonics every single time with flawless precision! ... Enjoy!!
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the production value of this video is off the charts
thanks!
Honestly, I was telling my instructor that I am struggling with this 8 hours ago and this video pops up 🎉
Awesome! let me know how it goes after this video!
Your FBI agent's got your back, bro!
Your phone's always listening.
then people say phones don´t listen to you. They fucking do!!!!
The Guitar Gods are looking down on you my friend.
Eddie Van Halen has taken pity upon you and said, My son i will send you the secrets
YOU'RE BLESSED MAN
Alternative title: how to slipknot
Or pantera
12 frets above fretted note is the sweet spot. Harmonics came very naturally for me, though I didn't know why...
Unless 12 frets above the fretted note lies over the fretboard! in which case you would half the distance again from this point and produce a 2nd octave harmonic.... these are much more common👌
Cool! You should try mathcore/rock!
The 1/2 harmonic is the easiest to play after all... but I think 1/4 sounds better
I’ve been playing almost two years and didn’t know this. Thank you.
no probs! thanks for watching!
This finally made it click for me, got it for the first time after a few tries! Thank you.
Awesome! Thanks👌
This is way more sophisticated than i thought😵💫
this actually taught me how to play pinched harmonics. tysm
Awesome, glad it helped!
This was the most helpful video. Thanks!
Loved it! Thanks for this detailed guide my man!
Any time!
I've watched all your videos. You are an excellent teacher. I wish the channel development. It would be great if you could share your knowledge on how to compose songs. Thanks!
Thank you very much! That subject and more will come soon! Be sure to turn on all notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any uploads!
Great video, instant results, thanks.
Awesome! Thanks👌
pitch harmonics can be played up stroke, thats a bit different technique
That’s crazy!
@@JohnnyArtPavlou novway )) its easy, just needs some practice
I will be making a video on that soon!
Now you are on your way to joining a Pantera tribute band!
🤘🤘
dude the thumbnail just explained it to me
Job well done then.
Awesome, I’m going to annoy the dogs later 👍👍🤠🎸
Excellent.
The angle of a plane taking off? Ahahahah. That was funny
It would have been nice to have this video like 14 years ago when I was trying to learn to do this. Now I don't play anymore and feels bad.
Well don't wait another 14 years! Dust off the guitar and get back on it!!
Respect
So that's where that sound comes from. Does this work on bass?
Any stringed instrument👌
@Samjamguitar Thanks, can't wait to try it out
Awesome 👌 thanks for watching!
perfect
Ta!
"Squankin" - Billy Gibbons
🇺🇸
I used to do cheater pinch harmonics with the base of my thumb, not near the pick.
As a pilot, I approve this angle.
Brilliant😂 thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video but I still need help! My pinches sound like ZZ Top or Van Halen but not like Zakk Wylde!! Can someone tell me if it's simply not possible to hit a pinch harmonic like Zakk Wylde on every high gain amp. My amp is a Yamaha Thr10x very high gain but small amp but never sounds like Zakk! I hit it in every way possible on my thumb using my Zakk Gibby but it never sounds right. Is it more likely my amp or just my technique still? Tried forever to sound like his pinches!
The universe is responding
Make sure you only practice these at guitar center.
yes.
The most important part is the hardest part for me to understand :D I'm not sure what he is saying.
Its very clear in the video! Point your thumb towards the ground while resting on the string you intend to pick.
Practice on an acoustic. If you can pinch a harmonic on that, an electric will be easy for you.
yup!
Regular harmonics are okay, but pinch harmonics IF THEY'RE OVERPLAYED like Zakk Wylde does on every Jake, Randy, and Tony (Ozzy era Sabbath) tunes, they're annoying .
everything in moderation!
@@Samjamguitar Agreed. Just for an example comparing Zakk to Joe Holmes. I've listened to several LIVE versions of "I Don't Know" from each player and for Joe I counted 6 or 7 by the time Ozzy got to the chorus. Zakk had 14 plus! Just ridiculous. Randy is turning over in his grave & yelling what is this dude doing to my songs!
Did not help at all. I feel dumb.
((laughing)) Fucking Love It!
Thanks.
Cheers!!
I always had a hard time figuring out the angle and managed to only do it on the G string and only at certain frets, but this helped a lot. Within minutes got it working anywhere and on any string.
awesome thanks for watching👌
I didn't even start training and my neighbors are throwing poop at my window already. What do?
sit tight..backup is on the way... I can only apologise.
You pinched one off and you're neighbours sent you one they pinched off😅
@@illletmyselfout.8516 ahahaha
me watching this with only an acoustic guitar…..
You can play artificial harmonics on an acoustic guitar!... they just don't sound as impressive..give it a go👌
literally the first sentence is what unlocked it all for me, great description!
Excellent!...hope you watched the rest anyway😂
Thanks for the tips, now my loved ones accompany my harmonics with gutural screams everytime i practice 👍
Then my work here is done.
Choke up on your pick leaving 'just the tip' barely protruding from the grip. Not rocket science. Once you hit it it's easy. Not fret, note, or string dependent.
Definitely don't want too much pick protruding👍 the technique itself is not fret,note or string dependant however the harmonic you intend to hear very much is, as the location moves!
This was a GREAT video. Incredibly clear instructions.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The explanation that drove it home for me was this:
"Pick the string and drive your thumb through the string by rotating your picking hand 90 degrees". If done correctly you'll get a perfect harmonic every time if played in the correct position. For my guitar, the easiest position is just behind the neck pickup (I believe this is a 5th interval). Yes, high gain is also important.
all sounds good! and yes that would be the 5th interval!
I guess i just learned it by accident, knew about the thumb part also but never thought that there was a science as to where to pick..
its good to know!
Thank you, i didn't know the thing of octaves
It's useful to know👌
Awesome! This video works the best out of all the technics I have tried, absolutely amazing!!!!
Glad it helped!
Not that difficult once you know, I can do it on my acoustic too.
yup! you can technically play them on any stringed instrument👌
As a naturally awful guitarist I’ve been able to do these from day 1.
🤣 the only way is up!
This is one of the best video tutorials on YT. Nice work
Cheers!!
I first discovered this technique from Robbie Robertson of The Band. Check it out on The Last Waltz.
Very useful and concise and gave it a thumbs up but could do without the irritating and irrelevant background music/noise
Interesting, didnt know that the actual position on the string for picking mattered to produce different notes, ive always been told to try and look for a sweet spot but not that it could produce different intervals 😮
Yup. Gain and treble tone allow you to access the higher harmonics of the note.
Definitely! Not essential but it certainly helps👌
The cat comment is accurate, I have one cat that protests every time I play, if she isn't she is locked in a closet somewhere. This was the best explanation, I have watched a dozen videos and had zero results, but with your tips, I can now do it, thanks!
Cheers! Say hey to your cat from me🤣
I really didn't realise how easy they were until I watched this!! Thank you so much! Will definitely be using these in my playing a lot more now!
Have fun!
Most useful video regarding the subject. Thanks a lot 🙏
Thanks!
Well this covers step one, now I need to grow a giant beard, and go get myself some cheap sunglasses.
😂😂😂
Literally talked about this in a guitar lesson I took yesterday. Thank you!
That's awesome! Thanks for watching 👌
Amazingly short and sweet video. Any advice for low e string pinches especially around the low end of the fretboard. This seems to be my only problem area.
it should work exactly the same! just make sure the thumb rotation/angle of take off/pick-up selection are all as described in the video and it certainly can help to have more gain!
subscribed and push notifications on for your next ten videos at least. I'm grateful for this video. thank you.
Awesome! Thanks, it's very much appreciated!
This was actually so helpful
No probs thanks for watching 👌
Best practice for this is Gojira's Magma
Im gonna try this technique because Im really bad at it. For me they are just random!
Follow the steps and you should be good to go👍
I hit a pinch harmonic yesterday and it is still ringing out. Thank you for this tutorial.
No probs👌 however I think you may have a serious case of tinnitus😂😂😂
This is the video that made it click for me. Thank you
Fantastic!
bro really sounds like the guitar teacher from guitar hero world tour
Thanks for the tutorial
Maybe I am...
o ÚNICO video do youtube que me ensinou a fazer harmônicos
Glad the lesson helped!
I learned all that stuff from listening to Billy Gibbons.
Cool , I've got Dime bags down but I'll get this too . When my dog or my wife see me getting a metal guitar plugged in she starts crying like it hurts . So No harmonics practice unless I'm alone and I love to do this stuff all day 😊
😂 I recommend headphones.
Actually that occured to me and I found my headphones after forgetting where they were for over a year . Happy family 🙂
Often wondered how that's done, could a spent a little more time on pick method
its all in the thumb rotation and lift off angle👍
Best and easiest explanation for how to get them Squeely Dans.
Squeely Dans! Love it!! I'm 'steeling' that one👌
When I was a kid and trying to figure out how to do harmonics without any instruction, I noticed that sometimes when I had my fingers curled to hold the pick that my ring finger would sometimes not be tucked all the way into my hand and the finger nail would touch the string at the same time as the pick. That quickly became my way of turning the pinch harmonics on or off very consistently... with my ring finger lowering from my closed picking hand like airplane landing gear. It was probably 2 or 3 years later when I found out most people choke up on the pick and use the fleshy part of their thumb, which feels completely alien to me after learning my way. ☮❤🎶
Yup! There are certainly lots of ways to achieve a pinch harmonic and I can imagine if you have always used a specific method it would be hard to change it!
Intermediate guitar player here trying to learn these, they weren't clicking with other videos and as soon as i watched this one and started practicing i got my first squeal in 5 minutes, thank you so much!
Wow, thanks!
I was getting some pinch harmonics the other day on the high E string on my nylon string classical guitar. Funny pings.
Sacrilegious🤣
@@Samjamguitar I know… I touched a plectrum to the sacred nylon strings. 🫣🥹
🤣
Now that its out there, look for it on an upcoming Al Di Meola album 🎵
That's a very useful video, thanks for it.
Glad it was helpful!
SamJam my man, THANK YOU! I’ve been struggling with this for an entire year and watched countless videos that are 10+ minutes explaining, then I find this video and did it on my first try! Thank you!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 👌
Sam on your play with feeling video on patreon what tone settings are you using on your amp.
In that particular Patreon video I was actually using the Tone King Imperial MKII foundation preset from Neural DSP (amp simulator plugin). You could get very similar results with overdrive from a tube amp with both reverb and a small amount of delay in the effects loop. You could also try dialling in a similar tone with a modeler style amp such as the BOSS KATANA, simply get an overdriven sound that slightly breaks up when you play harder and add reverb and delay to taste! hope that helps👍
This feels like when I was a kid and wathced the first Harry Potter movie and I practiced Wingardium Leviosa along with the kids and the managed to do it but no matter how hard I tried, my feather did not levitate :( But I'll keep trying
2:31 nice pun
If you wanna get really good at picking out the location of the harmonics, practice that one riff from Magma by Gojira.
as a beginner iv found plucking an open string and doing vibrato an easy way to pinch harmonic. is this fine or would you consider it a bad habit?
This really helps thanks man
No problem 👍
Omg I did it thank you
No probs! Have fun👍
Really clear with excellent graphics. Bravo!
Thanks👌
I want to do it on a box guitar can I do it
Might not sound great, but sure! Why not?
I dont understand anything, Im trying to learn harmonics for over 2 months now👍
Awesome tips, thank you!
Cheers!
Thank you, Samjam. Thank you.
Any time!
i don’t understand still i don’t know what i’m doing wrong, i’m abt to give up 😂
Never knew about the halfway picking location. Fascinating
And to play on upstrokes?
Same technique but Reverse the angle... I will show this in an upcoming video👌
I bought a guitar 2 weeks ago why am I watching this
Also how does this work
Thanks!
No problem!
These pinch harmonics videos are still not helpful because they all say the same thing to the point I've just given up and I started practising shred techniques instead like tapping and legato.
If you follow the steps carefully in this lesson, you should be able to produce a pinch harmonic easily... must be missing something. Feel free to post a video of you attempting the technique and I would be more than happy to point you in the right direction!
Great! Thanks!
Thanks for watching 👌
Struggling for years with this so jelly watching everyone else. This finally helped. OMG you are a champion. Thanks!
No probs!
I am a beginner and in less than 5 minutes i got my first ever pinch harmonic with this tutorial, now it's time to get them consistent, thanks a lot!
Great!
I've actually always struggled with pinch harmonics, so this really helps.
Great thanks!
I still don't get it should i just stick to acoustic and b*ss?
What's the background song?
There is no "correct way" to do pinch harmonics, however it works for you is the correct way. I'd have quit playing guitar if i had an instructor insist on holding a pic like they suggest, ive never done it that way and mastered pinch harmoniics decades ago.
Totally agree that there are multiple ways of performing a pinch harmonic! This is simply a foolproof method that has always worked for me and anyone I have taught!
Thank you!
Great explanation
Glad you enjoyed it!