5 Powerful Picked Harmonics Techniques for Guitar Players
Learn all five picked harmonics techniques: natural, artificial, pinch, harp, and tapped, and build a versatile harmonic vocabulary for any style you play.
Natural Harmonics on Guitar: How to Play and Make Them Sing
Natural harmonics are one of those techniques most guitarists discover by accident. Your finger grazes a string at the wrong spot, and suddenly something pure and bell-like rings out.
How To Play Artificial Harmonics on Guitar (Any Note, Anywhere)
Artificial harmonics solve a problem that every guitarist eventually runs into. You love the shimmer of natural harmonics, but they only land on fixed pitches determined by open-string physics.
Pinch Harmonics on Guitar: Get That Jaw-Dropping Guitar Squeal
Pinch harmonics create one of the most recognizable sounds in rock guitar. Most players who want them assume they need a specific pedal or amp setting. Not so!
Harp Harmonics on Guitar: Create a Cascading Orchestral Sound
Harp harmonics are one of those techniques that stops listeners cold. You play a simple melody, and suddenly the guitar sounds like three instruments at once.
Tapped Harmonics on Guitar: Add Percussive Sparkle to Any Line
Tapped harmonics are one of those techniques that rewards you twice. First, you already know how to tap, so the hand motion feels familiar.
How to Transpose a Song Using the Circle of Fifths
Knowing how to transpose is one of those skills that separates guitarists who can work in any situation from those who are stuck in one key.
Circle of Fifths Chord Progressions: Why Adjacent Chords Work
Circle of fifths chord progressions are everywhere in the music you already know and love, and most guitarists encounter them without realizing it.
Relative Minor Keys: How the Circle of Fifths Makes Them Obvious
The relative minor might be the most useful concept in guitar harmony that most players never fully absorb.
Key Signatures Made Easy: How the Circle of Fifths Does the Work
Key signatures are one of those things that stop a lot of guitarists cold. You pick up a piece of sheet music and see a cluster of sharps or flats at the top of the staff.
Read the Circle of Fifths: A Plain-English Guide for Guitarists
If you want to read the circle of fifths and actually understand what you're looking at, you need one reframe.
Circle of Fifths for Guitar: The Map That Make Sense
Most guitarists stall on theory for one simple reason: nobody ever hands them a map. You pick up fragments, a scale here, a chord name there, but nothing connects.