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Topic: Q for Paul Franklin
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Niklas Widen
Member From: Uppsala, Sweden
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posted 15 February 2004 04:13 AM
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Hey, Paul!I read that you use the fingernail of your little finger to produce harmonics. Now I wonder more exactly in what way you use the nail to touch the harmonic point. Do you use only the tip of the nail or a larger part of the nail surface? Do you let the nail grow a bit for this? Being mainly a palm harmonics player, I had never heard of this method before the recent thread on harmonics, but I've just got to learn this! Regards, Nicke Widén |
Franklin
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posted 15 February 2004 05:56 AM
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Niklas,
The length of the nail is not important. Try tucking the pinky fingernail even with the thumb. As long as it touches the string and is removed simultaneous with the thumb it should give you a bell like chime....Paul |
Niklas Widen
Member From: Uppsala, Sweden
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posted 16 February 2004 08:11 AM
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Thanks! After a couple of hours of focused practising, I'm starting to feel comfortable with this method... but I guess I'll never be able to produce those crystal clear harmonics of your calibre! But I'll keep trying!!  Btw, are your "Play by Play" and "Akoostix" tapes still available?/Nicke W |
Bill Llewellyn
Member From: San Jose, CA
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posted 16 February 2004 09:00 AM
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Niklas,You may also want to look at this thread: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/007126.html I personally started out playing harmonics by touching the halfway point of the barred string with my thumb pick and picking with a finger pick. I also did the reverse. I now split the string with the tip of my ring finger and pick with the thumb pick, but that doesn't get the clarity of Paul's fingernail technique. That's a more precise method, and my limited manual dexterity isn't quite up to it. ------------------
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