Guitar Lessons ? Playing Harmonics

A harmonic is a tone that?s created by the guitar by touching the string above a fret on an open vibrating string. There are 2 types of harmonics Natural and Artificial or I prefer to call them pinch harmonics.
Natural Harmonics
Natural Harmonics can be produced by touching your index finger on your fret-hand above at the 5th, 7th or 12th fret. Just place your finger on the string above the fret, don?t press to hard or you will mute the note, pluck the note and then pull your finger off. Try it on the A string.
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B------------
G------------
D------------
A----12------
E------------
Timing is critical when playing harmonics. The length of time you keep your finger on the string will determine if you hear a harmonic, mute View the rest of this article