i watched this video ages ago and now i'm coming back to it again. two things i've learned: 1. there's something so refreshingly nostalgic about old youtube && 2. i don't learn anything
tapping 12 fret harmonics is the easiest since its the clearest sounding (half the string), but you can tap others like 1/3 of the string and so on especially w/ distortion. i'm tring to figure out what the notes are though. i think its called the overtone series or something like that.
the bridge pick up is usually high pitched. u can try hitting ur pick on the pick up, it should make a noise when u hear the tapping sound on ur amp, that means that its that pick up thats activated. it works best with humbuckers. if u have a strat, u can also try it beside the pick up on the pick guard.
Well, yes, you have to know pretty much EXACTLY where the harmonic is, it's usually right above the fret, but in some cases it can be slightly above or below it, like the 9th, 4th, and 3rd fret harmonics. It takes quite a lot of practice (trust me, I learned this on a 12 string) but once you get it, you can do some pretty amazing stuff with it.
Sometimes videos make me feel old, but this one made me feel extremely young. I didn't even recognize him at first until I heard his voice. 2007 damn that year i turned 3
Hey man just means to hold the 9th fret bend throughout all taps. so tap 21 while continueing to hold the bend then pull right hand tap finger off 21 and tap 19 while holding bend with left hand, etc.
Hi JustinSandercoe, I've just seen your video, but as I particularly play Bossa Novas, Sambas, Brazilian music in general, I have too long nails to play like you do!But I find your playing good, as I've rated this video!Good work!
hey justin, in case you read this: can you please remake this video ? my computer does not support this resolution anymore. it really is my eyes but i'm sure my computer has struggle too. cheers.
great lesson ...thanks. i sometimes find it easier to hold the pick sideways (instead of flat) for easy harmonics. but it does run the danger of twanging a couple of other strings ...
In the middle of the First verse, after the second lick when you play the D note on the 4th string on the twelve fret, Then you must tap 24-22-21, with 12-10-9 pressed. Either that or do the equivalent P.H. Ohh and then it comes 16-17-16 tapped with 7-8-7 hammer on. The 12-10-9 are on the second half of the 5th Bar and the 7-8-7 hammer on are first 3 notes of the 6th bar.
I'm not Justin, but this could help: many players octave the note facing the guitar to the speaker at reasonable volume. This "feeds" the note, octaving it. Steve Hackett, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Edward Van Halen, many others do this way.
Justin YOU DA MAN!!!!! Now I can PLay SAd But True Solo..I was Wondering WTF was T.H. I knew P.H but T.H? Do some Googling then some Wikipedia, then some links and finally Got here Thx a lot!!!
yea, i have a les paul and the kill switch faces the same way. the bridge pick up should be the one that can be completely turned off. and the bridge pick up should be higher pitched than the neck pick up
Nice, I got it! Though I saw a guitarist do a tap harmonic and it was a much higher pitch than the octave harmonic. Still curious how to get that effect :/
Probably the same way you play regular harmonics, 12 frets up (halve string lenght) I'd the octave, 7 frets (third string length-can be played in 2 places of course) gives 2 octaves higher etcetera, this will work the same way when you shorten the string length by fretting a note.
Great lesson man. I remember how when I first started playing guitar I discovered this on my acoustic. I thought I had discovered some awesome new techinque lol
the first thing i thought when it showed the close up was, "damn! look at the nails!" but at least they aren't pointy, or painted... i suppose it does help some areas of guitar playing, so I'll just say thanks for the help.
NOTE, e Pickups: He is using Lace Sensors. Lace pickups are extremely quite, and they are acoustically accurate (i.e. like a microphone they tend to pickup the actual sound of the guitar, without the feed-back). Which is wonderful, if your guitar sounds nice unplugged. Otherwise, go out and buy another guitar.
@JgHaverty Classical guitarists keep longer fingernails on their picking hand, since they play nylon strings and obviously don't use a pick. This guy apparently plays both electric and classical.
ripcurl31 you will probably never see this, but for anyone else who has the same question (do i have to tap the 12th fret all the time?) the answer is "NO". You can do it anywhere on any note its just the note that you TAP must be 12 frets (an octave) above the note you are holding down.
alright my bad just listened to the song. um theres no bend just vibrato on F string 4th fret and only once. should be like F:4~ ----(artificial taps) 16---11--11--9. an easy way to do it is first strike the first note which is on the F string 4th fret and then strike each harmonic with a pick while keeping your left hand on 4.. I listened to the song and matched it. hope that made sense lol
This video had a butterfly effect on my life... Now I work as a Musician for Movies and Videogames. Thank you.
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Damn
What a great job
Legend
You need a statue now or what
i watched this video ages ago and now i'm coming back to it again. two things i've learned: 1. there's something so refreshingly nostalgic about old youtube && 2. i don't learn anything
1:30 was eargasmic, i literally couldnt resist throwing my head hack and moving my fingers to the sound.
If you've ever heard Electric Gypsy by Andy Timmons, the whole middle section is done with this technique. It's one of my favorite songs ever!
GOING TO LISTEN TO IT FOR THE FIRSTY TIME
you are the best teacher Justin been playing the guitar for 4 years now and i learn lots and lots of basic techniques form you..
tapping 12 fret harmonics is the easiest since its the clearest sounding (half the string), but you can tap others like 1/3 of the string and so on especially w/ distortion. i'm tring to figure out what the notes are though. i think its called the overtone series or something like that.
Seriously Justin, that was some damn sweet playing. Keep up the good work, btw thanks for this video. Helped alot!
- Zak
the bridge pick up is usually high pitched. u can try hitting ur pick on the pick up, it should make a noise when u hear the tapping sound on ur amp, that means that its that pick up thats activated. it works best with humbuckers. if u have a strat, u can also try it beside the pick up on the pick guard.
Honestly, I never thought of that technique, now I feel stupid :P
Thanks man.
That sounds so cool, i can't wait to get done refinishing my guitar so i can play around with this
That is so cool! Im gonna spend ages getting these perfect
How bout now?
dude you rock! i am learning so much. now i can do pinch H. taping H. and now i can chang my strings and its easy!
Well, yes, you have to know pretty much EXACTLY where the harmonic is, it's usually right above the fret, but in some cases it can be slightly above or below it, like the 9th, 4th, and 3rd fret harmonics. It takes quite a lot of practice (trust me, I learned this on a 12 string) but once you get it, you can do some pretty amazing stuff with it.
Sometimes videos make me feel old, but this one made me feel extremely young. I didn't even recognize him at first until I heard his voice. 2007 damn that year i turned 3
Hey man just means to hold the 9th fret bend throughout all taps. so tap 21 while continueing to hold the bend then pull right hand tap finger off 21 and tap 19 while holding bend with left hand, etc.
Right off the rip a very useful note. Tap with middle (birdie) finger so your pick stays in hand and in place !! AWESOME !!
Hi JustinSandercoe, I've just seen your video, but as I particularly play Bossa Novas, Sambas, Brazilian music in general, I have too long nails to play like you do!But I find your playing good, as I've rated this video!Good work!
i almost going to say bad things about video quality but then i saw the upload date. damn ,respect mentor
hey justin, in case you read this: can you please remake this video ? my computer does not support this resolution anymore. it really is my eyes but i'm sure my computer has struggle too. cheers.
great lesson ...thanks. i sometimes find it easier to hold the pick sideways (instead of flat) for easy harmonics. but it does run the danger of twanging a couple of other strings ...
thanks you for this lesson , so the right hand notes need to touch like the some note the left hand?
In the middle of the First verse, after the second lick when you play the D note on the 4th string on the twelve fret, Then you must tap 24-22-21, with 12-10-9 pressed. Either that or do the equivalent P.H. Ohh and then it comes 16-17-16 tapped with 7-8-7 hammer on.
The 12-10-9 are on the second half of the 5th Bar and the 7-8-7 hammer on are first 3 notes of the 6th bar.
Thanks for the tutorial, Best one yet. By the way, What kind of guitar is that ? It looks really interesting.
great simple lesson brother, the 12 frets are all you need I should have learned this years ago.
This rocks on acoustic, nice video.
Nice lesson. I might start playing guitar like this now.
Very informative lesson! The close up really helps a lot. Now ive got some interesting homework! Thanks!!❤
I'm not Justin, but this could help: many players octave the note facing the guitar to the speaker at reasonable volume. This "feeds" the note, octaving it.
Steve Hackett, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Edward Van Halen, many others do this way.
FINALLY I KNOW THE TRICK TO TAPPING!!!! THANX A LOT!!!!
You teach your videos very well. thanx man
Great lesson :) but do u have to be 12 frets above the note you're playing?
justin, if you read this - I have a question - How do I turn a normal tone into harmonic while it's ringing?
great lesson. I actually didn't know this !
@PKPingo try adding some treble and gain(distortion), if you can control the bass you can put it down a little bit
Justin YOU DA MAN!!!!! Now I can PLay SAd But True Solo..I was Wondering WTF was T.H. I knew P.H but T.H? Do some Googling then some Wikipedia, then some links and finally Got here Thx a lot!!!
sounds amazing, justin!
I have been playing guitar for many years and I first learned about this now
I like your lesson :) .... first i watch the sqeul technique and now this tapping techniques....awesome !!! it exactly what i need ^^
if you cant get the sound with you finger , try useing your pick, this realy realy helps!!!!
over the fret yeah! cheers mate
thank u ive been looking 4 sum1 to show this better so i can get the beat it solo perfect now
yea, i have a les paul and the kill switch faces the same way. the bridge pick up should be the one that can be completely turned off. and the bridge pick up should be higher pitched than the neck pick up
you can also tap out 9'ths, 5'ths, and 3'rds to the tonic.
Again, Justin is a very good teacher of technique, not on an ego trip demonstration run! Excellent.
Nice, I got it! Though I saw a guitarist do a tap harmonic and it was a much higher pitch than the octave harmonic. Still curious how to get that effect :/
Probably the same way you play regular harmonics, 12 frets up (halve string lenght) I'd the octave, 7 frets (third string length-can be played in 2 places of course) gives 2 octaves higher etcetera, this will work the same way when you shorten the string length by fretting a note.
Rene Meijer it's the octave* sorry autocorrect
Rene Meijer Alright I'll try that, thanks!
u dont have to tap on the neck i believe :P
u can tap on the pick ups area :)
Scott Parker stuert smith of the eagles nails that on hotel california live in melbourne look it up its in the first part of the outro solo
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!!!!! WOW
thanks dude, this is very helpful
Nice and easy thanks! Sounds beautiful with certain notes... :)
birdie finger awesome dude ur vids r helpin me a lot thnkz u freakin mint
@erab1996 make sure not to leave your finger down. it's just a sharp tapp and you lift your finger
WIN! Such a help! thanks!
@IGarrettI You use the 24th fret if your neck is long enough. If it isn't then you just don't do it on the 21th fret.
Thank You! This will help me a lot!
WOW this guy is amazing
Have you ever tapped and done a pinch at the same time?
yea ik, i play to and dont have nails but some guitarists do use the longer nails technique
can this be used on other guitars besides fenders?
Great lesson man. I remember how when I first started playing guitar I discovered this on my acoustic. I thought I had discovered some awesome new techinque lol
i dont wanna sound gay but this dude is so adoreble
What a cute little birdie.
Thanks a lot for this video. I would have never been able to figure out how to do this "T.H" on my own ^_^" This video helped a lot!
amazing playing, good teaching and you look like Angus Young btw :D hehe
uh do you press the strings down or you just tap em a little?
hey dude, thanks! :D I'll try it!
sounds so cool :)
the first thing i thought when it showed the close up was, "damn! look at the nails!" but at least they aren't pointy, or painted... i suppose it does help some areas of guitar playing, so I'll just say thanks for the help.
Yeah helped me, thanks!
great stuff
looks like a orianthi's hand dude. bt you are so great teacher!
Unless they prefer the more warm tone of using the fingertips.
Quite a few classical guitarists preferred using their fingertips.
NOTE, e Pickups: He is using Lace Sensors. Lace pickups are extremely quite, and they are acoustically accurate (i.e. like a microphone they tend to pickup the actual sound of the guitar, without the feed-back). Which is wonderful, if your guitar sounds nice unplugged. Otherwise, go out and buy another guitar.
Thx so much for the vids!
tht helped loads thank u very much
Justin is that one of them guitar hero guitars??? LOL just kidding, good lesson as always thanx man!!!! :-)
this is cool!
Thanks for the trick...
wow
nice video
Thanks
@JgHaverty Classical guitarists keep longer fingernails on their picking hand, since they play nylon strings and obviously don't use a pick. This guy apparently plays both electric and classical.
ripcurl31 you will probably never see this, but for anyone else who has the same question (do i have to tap the 12th fret all the time?) the answer is "NO". You can do it anywhere on any note its just the note that you TAP must be 12 frets (an octave) above the note you are holding down.
thanks it helped
That is very cool.
it may sounds like fun but is it nessecery to have "long" fists?
only tapping 12 frets abov fretted note makes a harmonic?
how do you turn the tone to get a rock sound like that on a strat?
thats pretty good, but a vox soundlab creates the octave effect for u xP
does this work with les paul?
never even heard of this, this is fucking kick ass
anyone know what tune is good to start these in? like drop d or drop c or anything of that sort?
hey that was awesomes. could you send me the tab for that lick. ireally liked it. thanks.
does he replace the word OK with hockey?
can i do that with the pick?
I can't believe this 16 y/o video really helps me.
this is harder to do, but you can also go 5 frets or 7 frets above. 9 if your really accurate.
i love you man! thanks!
the RRRite hand! ^^
how come i cant get harmonic from 5th fret on the thickest E string ?? is it because my guitar is cheap ??
alright my bad just listened to the song. um theres no bend just vibrato on F string 4th fret and only once. should be like F:4~ ----(artificial taps) 16---11--11--9. an easy way to do it is first strike the first note which is on the F string 4th fret and then strike each harmonic with a pick while keeping your left hand on 4.. I listened to the song and matched it. hope that made sense lol
thats badass
You can also tap 7, 5, 4 (3.85), 3, or even 2.7 frets higher, etc, but it gets harder.
@13JimiHendrix
What guitar do you have?