In this third installment of Harp Harmonics …
… you’re going to be moving around quite a bit.
Your fretting hand needs to just know where it’s going without any thought for this lesson to be smooth.
This level of awareness is only achieved by practicing the lesson slowly and with much repetition.
The very beginning of this lesson must be played very precisely.
You have a distance between the 7th and 12th fret and if you’re not directly above these frets the harmonics won’t ring the way they need to for this effect.
Relax your hand to maintain a nice arch.
After this open harmonic sequence you’ll be moving chord shapes around quite a bit so take your time!
Allow your right hand to move around the fingerboard with your fretting hand.
You don’t want to stay in one place too long because you’ll be out of position to execute the next sequence of harp harmonics.
E|------<12>-------------------------------------------------| B|-<7>------------<12>---------------------------------------| G|------------<7>-------------<12>---------------------------| D|------------------------<7>-------------<12>---------------| A|------------------------------------<7>-------------<12>---| E|------------------------------------------------<7>--------|
E|-------------------------7-------<19>----------------------8-------<20>| B|-------7--------7---------<19>------------8-------8---------<20>-------| G|-----7------------<19>------------------7-----------<19>---------------| D|---7-----<19>-------------------------6-----<18>-----------------------| A|10---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------6--------------------------------|
E|7-------------------------------5-------<19>---------------------4----| B|--5-----------5--------5---------<17>------------4-------4--------<16>| G|----5-------5------------<17>------------------5-----------<17>-------| D|------5---5-----<17>-------------------------4-----<16>---------------| A|0-------0------------------------------------5------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-<16>----------------------------7--------| B|----------------7--------7----------<19>--| G|--------------7------------<19>-----------| D|------------7-----<19>--------------------| A|---------10-------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------|
Want To Learn More …
If you enjoy acoustic guitar and have always been fascinated by the technique…
… then learning the advanced techniques can only improve your playing further.
By learning advanced techniques will not just apply to acoustic guitar but you will find other techniques you have been struggling with become easier to understand.
It gives you a platform to branch out and take your playing to the next level. To be successful it requires a careful and structured approach to learning how to play advanced acoustic guitar.
We have taken this into account and created a structured guide called “Acoustic Mastery 2.0”.
We have a real life guitar tutor who helps us create these courses because he knows first hand what techniques and in what order you need to learn them to be successful at learning advanced acoustic guitar.
I have been following your lessons for quite a while. Thank you for all of your hard work. I look forward to your quick vids everyday. You are a vital part of my daily practice schedule and of course, my guitar Journey. Being 60 y.o and disabled, it leaves me with more than sufficient time to do so on a daily basis. After 50+ yrs. of drumming, I am now happy to say that I am a guitarist through and through. I can’t begin to tell you how this has taken me from a broken person to one with purpose and determination, again. Thank you. May you continue to be as magnanimous as you are. With much thought, Dan.
p.s.: the drummer in me is joyous in the learning of these percussive techniques and harmonic passages.