How to Nail Pinch Harmonics Every Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2024
- This awesome technique is a staple of Rock Guitar. Notable users include Zakk Wylde, Billy Gibbons, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Richie Faulkner and more!
It can be pretty tricky to get the hang of. Hopefully this lesson will help you out!
Best of luck!
Cheers
Sam - เพลง
How on earth can anyone look like Kurt Cobain, Lars Ulrich, Jimmy Page and Owen Wilson; all at the same time?
i thought 'rory gallagher'
Owen Wilson 😂😂
and Brian Jones and James Honeyman Scott
He even sounds like Lars!
😂😂
This man's got Seymour Duncans, a Floyd Rose, and what looks to be a P90 in a strat. What a monster.
I think for the pickup it's Humbucker, hot rail, hot rail
Definitely two Duncan single coils. But Looks more lonely to be a PAF style humbucker than a p90.
its just an hss strat. nothing special
@@croman5931 lol. Totally hasn't spent a million bucks modding/buying this strat
@@mobile_plays2853 he has an expensive guitar... and?
"Hi guys, how ya doin'? It's me, Lars"
True!! :D And he have the same voice!! :p
where does that come from?
Good to know I'm not the only one that thought it was Lars...
Enjoy your 69th like ;)
he is Rorry obviously!!
that strat though..
Did you just assume his fender
Maison Spires well you did use "his" in your sentence.... so you just assu...
Sim182 Fanboy are you serious
I've got a shitty low end Squier, so I'm Fender fluid... :-p
SKRMZ I always thought fenders looks like toys, don't know why?! But I like the head on this one!
that is one of the nicest guitars I've ever seen
That Strat is on steroids.
tip:
when doing a natural harmonic, pull your finger off immediately after playing, makes it ring and doesn’t damped the harmonic, thus making it cleaner and clearer
Like striking a match.
You don't want to touch the string, you want the vibrating string, to hit you.
@@springbloom5940 Nah try mine tip when doing Natural harmonics push your finger up and pick down, it will sustain the note and give more beautiful sound!!
HE FOCKING LEFT THE BAND
HAHAHAHAHA IM DEAD
i thought kurt kobain killed himself?
@@musicchannel1657 Metallica reference...
@CazMatazz whoops
Hahahahha
I’ve been through so many tutorial vids on pinch harmonics over the past few days, all show boating wanna be rock legends, but then I found this vid. A genuine guy, who genuinely loves to play, doesn’t care about how good he looks on camera (didn’t even edit out nearly slipping off his chair) watched this REAL guys quick video and went straight over and managed to find my first few pinched harmonics! Thank you Sam!
I have never heard it explained that way. Great job mate. I already knew how to play them, but it was nice to hear another guitarist explain it. I subscribed. :)
Brandon Burch didnt you say the same on rob scallon too
Aman Khan exposed
me too. I played them but didn't know I could go mirrored on th e 12th and one had? whaooo slow down there
That strat is gorgeous , I love everything about it
3:59 when you accidently play smoke on the water
You need to do more training videos like this. I, as well as most of your subscribers would watch every single one. Great guitarist. Great teacher.
I am a total beginner and today I discovered harmonics by mistake, albeit on an acoustic but it was still cool. I was just practicing and made this accidental but nice sound, and was like "I didn't mean to do that but I liked it". So I tried some more areas and in my beginners brain, it felt like touching a hot kettle. Just touch it and then, ouch, remove your hand quick. Then I called my Dad on the phone who is a seasoned and amazing guitarist, and he blew my mind, explaining about how it's essentially splitting the strings in half, or quarters or whatever, and that you can tune up a guitar on harmonics alone, and how with an electric guitar you need harmonics to ensure the intonation is correct, then he went on to explain what intonation is. Well, suffice to say my mind was blown and overfilled with info. Until today I never realised quite how complex a guitar is, or how it has to be absolutely spot on perfect to work. My mind was so blown after speaking to him actually that I had to put my guitar away and go and get a cup of tea lol. But, wow, what an instrument. I'm just feeling in awe and a little overwhelmed at how complex a guitar is, and simultaneously shaking in my boots that I ever decided to learn to play it. Side note, my dad said something about harmonic screamers on an electric, but I couldn't get my head around it. What is a harmonic screamer? Thanks.
Jojo Sagewitch Harmonic screamer is sound when you bending strings on pinch harmonic , optionaly you can use vibrato in combination , it's a lick used mostly in metal genre for imitating screaming or bomb falling , it is pretty useful in heavy music.Try to listen cemetery gates of Pantera, you will notice when guitar start screaming.
dimebag darrel type of stuff
are you british lol
favourite sound😂
The best people to learn from are those who struggled and have tried everything to improve.
Holy shit after years, somebody who explains the sweet spot over the pick up and it just clicked. You're a legend
this is the best pinch harmonic explanation I've seen
I had no idea about the harmonics before the 5th fret that's freaking badass!!!
The harmonics are diving the string length into 2 (12 fret), 3 (7th fret), 4 (5th fret) etc. This is why the 12th and 5th fret harmonics are octaves of the original open note, as halving the string length doubles the vibration frequency.
Obviously you can divide it into more than 4 bits, but the precision needed makes it a lot more difficult to get a clean, ringing sound from it.
This was the most complete explanation I’ve found whatsoever.
Hey Sam. Knowing where the harmonic is was half the battle. Yours was the best explanation by far to get the harmonics more consistantly. Many thanks!
Hands down, the best explanation of pinch harmonics. Your video helped me more than any other video. Thank you.
Dude thank you! I've watched so many videos today on pinch harmonics but no of them have been able to explain the way it's symmetrical on the string. That really helped me wrap my brain around it. I've finally been able to do it and can start practicing it. Thanks again man!!!
Hi Sam, thanks for taking the time to make this video. You explained it very well and it is indeed helpful. Cheers!
I've been struggling with pinch harmonics for a long time and it seemed something wasn't clicking in my head. Your explanation and demonstration of it being mirrored seemed to have hit home because I landed a few solid ones within a minute of watching this video. Thankyou so much!
Watched a few vids on doing these and you're the only one so far that mentioned breaking off immediately. Gonna take some practice but I can actually get it now. Working on the open harmonics helped tremendously to feel what I'm supposed to do
Wow, the only video I’ve seen so far explained string positions, never knew about it and always struggle with consistency, well done and hats off to you
I've been trying to learn this technique and this is by far the best video I've seen on this technique. Thanks man
Excellent content, theory and articulate instruction.
You're a natural teacher.
The best explanation on pinch harmonic in TH-cam !!!! Thanks !!!
Wow, this demo and explanation shines brighter than the others I have seen. Thank you
Wow, sweet guitar! And this was the best lesson I've found on this yet... thanks!
I can't believe this. I've been searching for people to properly show how pinch harmonics work and none of them would ever show how the thumb is hitting the string and you showed us in close up. THANK YOU. For some reason i wasn't even searching for this video it only was recommended and for once it hit right
I also love that you try to show a different approach to this cause i felt so lost about pinch harmonics
Really great vid !!! Thanks for clearly explaining how to play the harmonics, and the relation between natural and pinch harmonics.
I love your way of thinking and teaching the harmonics. This really helped me!!!!
THE BEST pinch harmonics tutorial I've seen! Superb video!!!
one of the sweetest custom shop strats i've seen.
at least i assume its a CS
i would just lose the floyd
Why would you lose the Floyd?
@@idonthaveaname20yearsago66 because I neither need nor like it
@@sgtpepper91 ow
I have been trying to hit a pinch harmonic for months and finally did, thanks to your video!
This was a great explanation of how harmonics work, thanks!
very informative. I've been struggling with this until hearing a proper explanation like this. thank you
Amazing. Superb technique.
Thanks for explaining the technique so nicely and in detail 😊
Good teaching style. Well explained and demonstrated. Thank you!
Probably one of the top 5 tutorials ever.. Perfect explenation/lesson!! Now i wont have to wonder about pinch notes again in my entire life thanks 2 U!
GOOOD JOB MAN!! :D
Wow thanks. Really enjoyed learning the one hand trick at the end.
This was a really helpful video. Other videos just try to display the technique. The issue is that technique can vary from person to person. You explained clearly how pinch harmonics work and gave me a idea of what my thumb is actually doing and where to place it.
That's the most helpful video on the technique I have seen, thanks.
Omg a pinch harmonics lesson that is actually useful!! I so didn’t know about the symmetry!! Thanks mate!! 💙
Thanks so much. I spent hours and hours trying to do this consistently, but this video actually helped me do pinched harmonics. You’re really good at explaining things 👍👍👍
4:45 This triggered a eureka moment for me on how to nail the open harmonic (plus whammy) part in the Bad Medicine solo. Thanks!
Sam's totally sweet when teaching, I love it!
really helpful & awesome player sam!
Thank you, I've had some trouble doing pinch harmonics in the past.
Great breakdown, thanks! 👍🏼
This explained it so well for me , ive been trying for weeks and this explanation gave me an understanding that i needed - i went from 0 to 100 with these before the video was over
Take my subscribe
Wow! Thank you so much! Best 6 mins I've spent on my guit in my life. Well, actually about 2 hours, because I stopped the video a lot to experiment and have fun trying and understanding, but your 6 mins were the roots. ;) You have a way to explain that is really nice to listen to and you clearly have fun to do it. Thanks again! Now it's time to go dig on your channel for something else to try!!! :)
This is the only video that worked for me thank you so much
This lesson helped me a lot! Thank you so much!!
You cracked me up when you almost missed the stool...thanks for the awesome Tutorial.
thanks for explaining the technique and theory behind it, cause i was doing it all wrong, makes sense now
I don't even care about the pinch harmonics, I just saw the super strat and clicked it immediately.
This has to be the best video by far on Pinched Harmonics! thanks so much!
Good work mate I really enjoyed that no nonsense lesson
Your guitar is one of the best guitars I have seen!
Nice detailed look at guitar harmonics.Thank you!
thanks mate!
Thanks for the heads-up!
Beautiful guitar...
Super nice lesson! Thanks for taking the time to do these kinds of things!
Glad you enjoyed :-D
this dude's so chill lol, consider myself subscribed
This man is a LEGEND!!!! It makes so much sense now!!! Van Halen riffs here I come!! 🤘 🎸 🔥
Very interesting lesson. Thank you.
Great teacher
Merci Sam!!
Tu es vraiment un bon professeur!!
greatest lesson!!! thanks Sam😃😃
Good explanation probably the best and completely unassuming manor thank you
Thank you, Roger!
Great Video! You explained it better than anyone else. Thank you!!!! I was able to get the harmonic sound somewhat consistently. Might be the wrong technique but I do it best when using the top side of the thumb, past the pick for the harmonic.
Great explanation mate, cheers
That is one of the nicest guitars i've ever seen
Really well explained video, thank you. And, like a million others have said already: That's a really great strat! Holy cow!
Excellent tutorial, thanks so much.
Fantastic!! Really good!
Very Good explanation Thanks!
When I saw Joe Satriani doing the pre-solo dive in Satch Boogie with two hands near the pickups I was so damn confused. Now thanks to you I completely get it. Awesome teaching.
thanks, that really did help me with my harmonics
Thanks mate!
I love you fender also!
Finally a good video on this, thanks
U surely nailed it...
awesome! that explanation really helped me. thanks
Guys, just pretend you are holding the tiniest cup of tea. Your index right under the thumb, both curled up and relaxed. Start with the 6th strings, frets 3-5 . The easiest way to do it would be with nails, but with picks you get the crispy tones and more varieties of sounds. Plus always on bridge pick up :)
Thanks, it helped. I've really been struggling with pinch harmonics. I could kind of get the right hand but I could never get the proper pinch sound even with distortion
Really helpful! Thank you so much!
Damn that is a beautiful guitar. Wow
good video! you seem like such a chill dude
Never seen a strat with a dark headstock, very cool!
Lars Ulrich's british cousin!
Lol
wow, that was something new.. gonna try it out!
Cheers. Good stuff
Ayyyyoooo, this video actually helped me. Learned to do it in a night. Thanks Dad!
I love that headstock. I've never seen a black headstock before
Easily the best explanation of this on TH-cam