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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Sep 10, 2003 3:59 am

can anyone tell me the notes in the harmonics. the main ones, all the 5's, 7's and 12's. thank ye
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Unread post by Davy28 » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:08 am

5th fret harmonics: E B G D A E, two octaves higher
7th fret harmonics: B F# D A E B, I'm not sure of the octaves.
12th fret hrmonics: E B G D A E, one octave higher.
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:18 am

you're the man, thanks
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Unread post by geekmug » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:20 am

Do you want me to break out the wave theory and show you how to derive the pitches? :)

The 5th fret harmonic is the fourth harmonic, or two octaves above open. (E5 -> E3)
The 7th fret harmonic is the third harmonic, or an octave and a fifth above open. (E5 -> B3)
The 12th fret harmonic is the second harmonic, or an octave above open. (E5 -> E4)

If you go above the 12th fret, you are not finding new harmonics, you are simply mirroring the harmonics symmetrically from the other half of the fretboard. And artificial harmonics are a lot more complicated to define a pitch for so don't ask. You can always use a tuner to find the pitch.
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:22 am

...bastard! j/k

no the only thing left to do now is to figure out what keys those notes go in...cause that's why i need them. and since i dedicated my improv on fretboard patterns instead of learning what note goes w/ what key, it may take a while for me to memorize that.
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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:42 am

App, I know what you mean, when I started with theory and scales I memorized them in patterns rather than the actual notes. It was good to finally start memorizing the notes, I find it a bit easy to play with other people that way :wink:
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Unread post by grock » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:43 pm

i got a spreadsheet with all the chords and notes in each key.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/chords.xls
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/scales.xls


and i have a jpeg all aboput bass harmonics that is easily applied to guitar.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/harmonics.jpg
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:31 pm

grock wrote:i got a spreadsheet with all the chords and notes in each key.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/chords.xls
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/scales.xls


and i have a jpeg all aboput bass harmonics that is easily applied to guitar.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/harmonics.jpg
awesome. thanks for the help guys.
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:40 am

I love harmonics. People are always impressed when you play harmonics in a song because it makes you look good.
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Unread post by NoNotThat » Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:18 am

Davy28 wrote:I love harmonics. People are always impressed when you play harmonics in a song because it makes you look good.
heeheehee yeah they are
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:33 am

Davy28 wrote:I love harmonics. People are always impressed when you play harmonics in a song because it makes you look good.
a la tim reynolds?
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Unread post by thejoe » Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:15 am

Davy28 wrote:I love harmonics. People are always impressed when you play harmonics in a song because it makes you look good.

heh yeah... i played a little harmonic riff when we were jamming at my friends house and they were like, what the hell?... holy shit!!!

it was great
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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:21 am

grock wrote:i got a spreadsheet with all the chords and notes in each key.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/chords.xls
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/scales.xls


and i have a jpeg all aboput bass harmonics that is easily applied to guitar.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~schmeer/harmonics.jpg
that's awesome, thanks
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Unread post by matthews123 » Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:48 am

hey trippin....

ur from london? i thought u lived in the south somewhere....but maybe that was a diff person
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Unread post by Brock » Mon Sep 15, 2003 12:18 pm

matthews123 wrote:hey trippin....

ur from london? i thought u lived in the south somewhere....but maybe that was a diff person
he's living in london, not from london

edit: i think... right miguel?
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