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Artificial Harmonics

Instructor: Mike Salow
Topic: Technique
Style: Any Style
Level: Advanced
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  • Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Hi all! Back once again with another Infinite Guitar tutorial. This time I thought it might be fun to discuss artificial harmonics. I was first interested in this technique when I saw Tommy Emanuel play. Tommy is a fantastic player who you should check out, if you haven't already. Although he was the inspiration for this tutorial, he for sure is ...

    Media Length: 1:40

  • Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: So in this video we will talk about the basic technique surrounding artificial harmonics. The easiest way to explain this is to say, whatever note is fretted with the left hand will need to be plucked exactly an octave up on the same string. So, if we play a B note on the 7th fret of the 6th string, we will need to pluck that note up an octave on the the 1...

    Media Length: 3:23

  • Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Now that we've figured out the basics of artificial harmonics, we can now move onto the full technique as heard from players like Tommy Emanuel. This technique will utilize not only artificial harmonics put regular picked nots as well.  The key with this is to properly move between each string with as much ease as possible because it is very easy to b...

    Media Length: 3:01

  • Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: The chords that are used in this example are the following: Bmin7add4 Bbmaj7#4 Cmaj69 C7b5  The voicings used within this example are not typical outside of this technique although they do have theoretical relevance. The main thing to note about these voicings is the construction. It is important to use voicings which utilize all 6 strings when w...

    Media Length: 5:10

  • Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

    Excerpt:  Please use this backing track when practicing the examples. Enjoy!

    Media Length: 0:39