Pinch Harmonic Alternative Picking


paddybodenham
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paddybodenham
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11/06/2001 2:27 pm
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh... please please help me!

I'm playing a piece where you need really fast pinch harmonic picking. I can do pinch harmonics fine when I'm attacking on the downstroke, but cant do it at ALL on the upstroke.

Is it possible? How do you do it???

Thanks
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jarviss
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jarviss
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11/06/2001 10:14 pm
just really "choke up" on that pick so that
the index finger acts like the thumb on the other
side of the pick when you up-pick?

*jarviss runs and gets guitar to check it out*

yo
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paddybodenham
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11/07/2001 11:05 am
So it's the index finger? I was trying to do it with my ring finger!

Can you do that then? What type of music do you play?
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Skull Dragon
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12/02/2001 5:58 am
yikes! the ring finger? I would hate to see the way you hold that pick!

Cant you just do 2 quick downstrokes?

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lalimacefolle
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12/03/2001 1:06 am
the famous bassist has a technique where he picks the strings while his ring finger touches it... Moving his fingers along the strings changes the pitch of the harmonic... I guess that you could transpose this technique to the guitar pretty easily.
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paddybodenham
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12/03/2001 12:34 pm
Hmmmmmmm. Single strokes would be a little hard, the piece isreally quite quick..
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