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Pinch Harmonics - Guitar Lesson

Check out this video on pinch harmonics.

If you’d like to see this in action, check out the tab to my song Metal Mayhem.

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8 Comments

8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 john // Apr 2, 2008 at 11:22 pm

    um i got a question on pinch harmonics i only use my bridge pickup? i tried with both but dont really work,, i thought people played like that using both pickups ,, i dont know,? also what size pick you got, i have fender medium right now but i like metal, and also slow melodic music but its too sloppy for hard playing , i jus thought mabe a thicker pick would help,

  • 2 admin // Apr 3, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Pickup doesn’t really matter but the best ones usually come from the bridge pickup - in my case it’s a humbucker.
    I like a thick pick - at least medium to heavy is good. I can’t use a thin pick.
    It takes time to get the harmonics properly and consistently - hang in there. Make sure you’re picking at a place where a harmonic exists.

  • 3 zoze // Jun 14, 2008 at 5:07 am

    Do you need a high gain level to get good harmonics?

  • 4 admin // Jun 14, 2008 at 8:25 am

    That helps to get some good tones and make them stand out more.

  • 5 dennis // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    i have a question too…
    well i get the technique and i understand it..
    i pick the string and it comes out a harmonic
    BUT how do i get this “WAU WAU” i mean this tone difference ..
    i get only a little difference .. but your harmonics (like killswitch) have a high tone difference…
    do you bend so hard ??
    i hope you understand my question..

    thanks dennis

  • 6 eddie // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:48 am

    whenever you touch the string with your thumb you say to push the string towards the guitar wich would be harder than just picking so my quiestion is do you actually push the string with your thumb too or just lightly touch it.

  • 7 admin // Jul 3, 2008 at 6:55 am

    dennis - I think you’re referring to the bending of the string that I do - it’s called vibrato and you do it after you play the harmonic. If you don’t know how to do vibrato on the guitar try to do a google search for it, but you bend the string up and down.
    Eddie-You push on the string a bit just to pick the note, but the thumb just lightly touches the string (it doesn’t push down on the string).

  • 8 lewis // Sep 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    i think i am doing it correctly and if i am it is easier to do it on the high E string where as the low E i cant do it :s =[

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