how to do tap harmonics?

[Ezequiel Romanko]

hey guys does someone knows how to do tap harmonics? i’ve seen many guitar players do that but never realized how to do them :C help!!

 

[Calvin Phillips]

if you look in the one thread from last week theres a pretty good explanation of this. I think its either the talent show syn masterclass solo thread or the actual how to thread for the solo.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

This is great because when I do my HTTK solo, I’ll make sure I thoroughly cover how to do this when that part comes!

 

[D K]

You have to tap directly onto the fret (onto the metal part), not in between the frets. To know which fret you need to tap exactly, it works the same as natural harmonics, 12th fret, 7th, 5th etc. the 12th fret is easiest to achieve. So for example If your left hand is holding a note on the 5th fret, you tap onto the 5+12=17th fret.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Isn’t Syn using tap harmonics at the end of the buried alive intro?

 

[D K]

@dominik I think those are just regular taps on E24 and B22, not harmonics. I could be wrong though.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Oh ok, not sure, maybe I’ve seen it in a cover

 

[Calvin Phillips]

he taps it live.. might have been different on record.