Crystal Harmonics for Guitar provides the guitarist with practical advice on playing harmonics and how to perform them with a crystal-clear tone. The material also covers various notation systems used by composers and publishers and includes examples of harmonics from regular guitar repertoire. Natural harmonic pitches and positions (by string and fret) are presented along with right-hand artificial harmonic techniques. In addition, you will learn how to tune the guitar with harmonics and how to practice passages which include them. This book can help guitarists interpret harmonics and provides composers with notational information to facilitate the reading process.

 

Natural Harmonics

Pitches of Natural Harmonics

How to Play Natural Harmonics

Left Hand Pressure

Right Hand Plucking

What Stroke to Use

Artificial Harmonics

How to Play Artificial Harmonics

Adding the Left Hand

Tips for Clarity

Left Hand in Artificial Harmonics

Multiple Notes with Artificial Harmonics

General Tips

Harmonic Notation

Reading Harmonics

Notating the Pitch of the Fretted Note

Notating String and Fret Only

Arabic Numeral Indications

Roman Numeral Indications

Notating the Pitch of the Sounding Harmonic

Artificial Harmonics

Examples in Context

Tuning with Harmonics