Favorite pinched harmonic!
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_Gentleman of_the Snow_
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I may be wrong, but if not, this'll explain that difference between AH and NH pretty well.
At the end of Learning to Live, Petrucci plays a little melody using (I think) natural harmonics. The notes have a weird sound, but they aren't really squealing.
The squeals, ala Inferno verse, are all artificial/pinch harmonics. Correct me if I'm wrong, guys 'n' gals!
At the end of Learning to Live, Petrucci plays a little melody using (I think) natural harmonics. The notes have a weird sound, but they aren't really squealing.
The squeals, ala Inferno verse, are all artificial/pinch harmonics. Correct me if I'm wrong, guys 'n' gals!
Detective Clarence Beauregard
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the_satanic_rabbit
Return of Ganon
For SymX, I love the harmonic at the intro of the second verse on Incantations of the Apprentice. My favorite Dime harmonics are during the verse of By Demons be Driven. 
progmetaldan
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How 'bout the one that goes all through the chorus of 'Endless Sacrifice'? Sure it gets a bit annoying after a while, but Petrucci hits it consistently getting a really cool squeal, especially on the Live at Budokan dvd...
But still, Michael Romeo owns with the ph's, heaps of awesome ones all through the Sym X discography...
But still, Michael Romeo owns with the ph's, heaps of awesome ones all through the Sym X discography...
NegativeVolume
The Unemployed Wonder
Yngwie has a really cool one that he does when he plays Far Beyond the Sun live. It's hard to explain where it is, though.
Although Zakk Wylde is knows for his pinched harmonics, I don't like their sound very much. Schuldiner is the king of guitar squeals imo.
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the_satanic_rabbit
Return of Ganon
progmetaldan
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How 'bout the one at approx. 2:21 into 'This Godless Endeavor'!
A massive harmonized one by Steve Smyth and the Almighty Jeff Loomis!
That one shrieks!!!
A massive harmonized one by Steve Smyth and the Almighty Jeff Loomis!
That one shrieks!!!
greenaxer
Knight of the Templar
progmetaldan
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They sure do!!! I haven't stopped listening to them since I brought the album home a couple of days ago!!!
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anacrucix
aka Shredcaptain Matt
i love Of sins and shadows 0:12
a short essay
99% of the time natural harmonics are when a harmonic is produced by left hand technique and artificial harmonics are when a harmonic is produced by right hand technique.
artificial harmonics and natural harmonics are exactly the same, they both work on the principle of standing waves, whereby creating a node causes the string to vibrate in a pattern where one side of the node vibrates at half the wavelength, and the other side vibrates a multiple of that.
in laymans terms, placing a finger lightly half way up a string (e.g 12th fret, measure it with a ruler if you want) will give you a note twice the frequency of the string vibrating naturally, e.g a 12th fret harmonic on the e string, gives an e an octave up.
If you place your finger lightly on the fifth fret of the guitar, and play the note, your finger is 1/4 of the way up the string, causing it to vibrate at twice the frequency of the 12th fret harmonic, thus playing a 5th fret harmonic on the e string will give you an e 2 octaves up. you can achieve exactly the same sound by doing a pinch harmonic on the open string with your pick 1/4 of the way down the string from the other end (around your 24th fret)
pressing firmly down on a string on a guitar effectively shortens the length of the string, you could quite easily play natural harmonics by gently resting one of your other fingers on the string to create a node, however this is cumbersome and slow and it is a lot easier to achieve these same notes by using right hand technique . most people find it easier to administer vibrato to harmonics when they are played using right hand technique as it allows them to use their left hand to bend / vibrato the notes without paying much attention, with a little practice however it is just as easy to apply vibrato or to bend natural harmonics, and a 3rd fret natural harmonic on the E string sounds beasty if you chuck it into any riff down around there.
hope that clears everything up
matt
a short essay
99% of the time natural harmonics are when a harmonic is produced by left hand technique and artificial harmonics are when a harmonic is produced by right hand technique.
artificial harmonics and natural harmonics are exactly the same, they both work on the principle of standing waves, whereby creating a node causes the string to vibrate in a pattern where one side of the node vibrates at half the wavelength, and the other side vibrates a multiple of that.
in laymans terms, placing a finger lightly half way up a string (e.g 12th fret, measure it with a ruler if you want) will give you a note twice the frequency of the string vibrating naturally, e.g a 12th fret harmonic on the e string, gives an e an octave up.
If you place your finger lightly on the fifth fret of the guitar, and play the note, your finger is 1/4 of the way up the string, causing it to vibrate at twice the frequency of the 12th fret harmonic, thus playing a 5th fret harmonic on the e string will give you an e 2 octaves up. you can achieve exactly the same sound by doing a pinch harmonic on the open string with your pick 1/4 of the way down the string from the other end (around your 24th fret)
pressing firmly down on a string on a guitar effectively shortens the length of the string, you could quite easily play natural harmonics by gently resting one of your other fingers on the string to create a node, however this is cumbersome and slow and it is a lot easier to achieve these same notes by using right hand technique . most people find it easier to administer vibrato to harmonics when they are played using right hand technique as it allows them to use their left hand to bend / vibrato the notes without paying much attention, with a little practice however it is just as easy to apply vibrato or to bend natural harmonics, and a 3rd fret natural harmonic on the E string sounds beasty if you chuck it into any riff down around there.
hope that clears everything up
matt
