https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:26:25 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-138210 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:58:45 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion il_manti https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-138210 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135948 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:10:34 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion dimebag https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135948 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135947 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:02:38 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion lord_ariez https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135947 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135788 Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:41:55 +0000 1 drop the bar until his strings were just above sticking to the pickups
2place finger above desired fret i.e his fav was 3.75 on g string
3 lift bar and finger off just as it comes up to tension an pull bar up to full
4 pull great faces as he did it!

its hard an you gotta do it fast but looks awesome]]> Guitar Players Discussion dimebag https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135788 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135786 Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:32:00 +0000
I've seen him hold on one fret and then tap up and down the neck creating harmonics. How does he do this? He isnt doing octave tapping and you can clearly see he taps quit hard, so he's not just carfully resting his finger without fretting to create a regular artificial harmonic...Does anyone know about this?]]> Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-135786 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134796 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:48:48 +0000
If you fret a note at say, the 5th fret, you pick in front of the harmonic at the 17th, like at the 12th fret. At the same time you gently let the side of your hand (like in palm muting) touch the string (at the 17th). Immediately after picking you raise your hand to get the harmonic.

I can do this, but am not great at it by any means. The advantage to this style of getting a harmonic is that you maintain the same grip on the pick and do not have to extend a finger for the tap. So this is an advantage when picking very quickly.

Hope I explained that well.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134796 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134793 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:38:53 +0000
Dimebag used allot of pinch harmonics if you want an example listen the Cemetery Gates by Pantera]]> Guitar Players Discussion lord_ariez https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134793 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134670 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:51:36 +0000
After you pluck the string if you just lightly tap the string with the thumb fingernail on your right hand the harmonic should also ring out, takes a bit of practice to get the right amount of touch though Are you thinking of where say for example you pluck an open G string, then lightly and tap a fret like the 12th, without actually fretting to create a tapped natural harmonic? So it goes from one note to another

Oh and thanks note boat I think thats what the tab meant]]> Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134670 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134636 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:16:16 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134636 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134625 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:12:59 +0000
After you pluck the string if you just lightly tap the string with the thumb fingernail on your right hand the harmonic should also ring out, takes a bit of practice to get the right amount of touch though Isn't that called pinch harmonics?]]> Guitar Players Discussion JasonColucci https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/t-h-tapped-harmonics-new-question-about-van-halen/#post-134625