One of the Hardest Guitar Techniques to Do Correctly

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[@MusicisWin]

Do you remember your first time? Was it on accident? 🙃

[@kuhisyamuddin8431]

I don't experience it for first time bro.. coz I don't have a guitar yet.. hmm pretty sad of my life..

[@tomkiriaty3513]

I haven’t done one yet because I play acoustic and have only been playing for one year

[@tomkiriaty3513]

Also can you do more tutorials

[@mvc2arg]

Nope it wasn't by accident, I just heared JP 10 years before trying to play guitar!

[@anthonyquattro584]

I remember my first time complete accident

[@georgecleaver9651]

The hardest guitar technique will always be finding a dropped pick

[@tracevideoproductions]

Getting a pic out of an acoustic

[@_kqcper_332]

@@tracevideoproductions Jokes on you, I've mastered it after all those picks dropped into sound hole ;)

[@jmannrock]

"well, I'm never finding that pick again!" -Stevie T

[@PooNinja]

Pick are better at disappearing than cats !

[@afonsotopa9164]

@@_kqcper_332 Same here, sometimes it seems that every strum you do it goes there, at some point you just master it, but yeah, one day I found a pick that was inside my shoe, don't ask me

[@kaitobellamy7172]

0:50 "We can all hit the pinch harmonics up here on the 12th fret" Yeah ahah, sure we can!....

[@leandroperroni]

Oh man when I heard that I felt the same way. Glad Im not the only one

[@radleymusic8991]

Yea I can't do it either

[@baalzagoroth4693]

Totally feel ya man.

[@radleymusic8991]

@N/A I can't

[@justus4684]

I can hit the ones around 1-5 but not on the 12th fret

[@EvilEyeSun]

As a lefty, I truly appreciate instructors that use "fret" and "picking" vs. "right" and "left" hands as they move through the lesson.

[@datutturugang666]

that’s how you recognize a professional

[@jaedenmk5544]

If you want to get pinch harmonics sounding good, I recommend using a jazz iii pick! They’re really easy to get pinched harmonics

[@jmannrock]

what's the thickness?

[@SteelSkin667]

Don't forget, everybody's fingers are different!

[@delusionalx2605]

Jazz III picks are the ONLY picks for me lol, I seriously only ever use them and I genuinely can’t remember the last time I used something else.

[@jaedenmk5544]

The Necrostar Buffet 1mm

[@Johnbovii]

DelusionalX2 I can’t Go back to normal ones

[@DavidNwokoye]

0:05 Line 6 Spider. *Laughs in Glenn Flicker* 😂😂😂😂

[@americanmetalhead3954]

David Nwokoye What the fuck? I see you everyfuckingwhere!

[@putridabomination]

Beat me to it 😂

[@jiniaadhikari3255]

@@americanmetalhead3954 , literally everywhere

[@metalrebel7506]

"HAHAHAHA FUCK!"

[@BratislavMetulski]

As soon as i read Line 6, Glenn popped up in my head 😂😂😂

[@kevinsmith6oh6]

The hardest guitar technique is getting paid for playing guitar

[@reeeee7298]

KELVIN SMINGUS this comment counts for 100 likes.

[@florianewers1270]

KELVIN SMINGUS hahhha

[@SmiLe_mk5]

Teaching?

[@Insidia85]

There are many of us. It Is the mainly reason for.

[@TheZacharyMartinShow]

Try 🅱️ass

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

With Zakk, it's not just the harmonic itself but how cleanly and perfectly he inserts them and then goes back to the riff. Like with Miracle Man. That shit is crazy difficult and to me his most striking technique and what separates him from all others.

[@ClearAdventure]

The hardest guitar trick is making a living playing guitar. - Kevin Venture 🤘

[@adityaghosal1000]

Amen to that brother!

[@bangurhead4027]

I've been playing for over 25 years....... STILL haven't got paid..!! 😲

[@ThatHeadbandGuy]

True that.

[@chapinandersen]

Nice blue heeler

[@ClearAdventure]

@@chapinandersen Thanks, same to you! Best dogs in the world! 🤘😁

[@jmelara324]

I remember accidentally doing it a million times, and always recognized it from heavier music. At one point I really wanted to know how to do it on demand but didn’t know the name of the technique, so I just looked up “metal squealies”... how articulate haha. I ended up finding some video talking about Pitch/ pinch harmonics. In my whole guitar learning journey, some things have come relatively easy or natural: I had no problem with dive bombing and catching the harmonic on the G string, I started bending before I even knew what it was, and fortunately I nailed pinch harmonics really smoothly. These are all tiny victories and they’re all the best parts about learning and playing and creating with guitar!

[@umerraja2655]

Ermmm I can do pinch harmonics on the thick strings at the top of the fretboard but not on the light strings on the high frets. Edit: for anyone in a similar plight check out the replies to this comment, some people left very useful advice on improving.

[@turtlerollover9382]

Try angling your pick differently or moving it to a different spot on the string.

[@mitchellturnbull3988]

Just gotta find the spot. Keep working your way back and forth to find it. I actually learned in the higher strings before the thicker ones. You’ll get it.

[@thefranticmeep6499]

Smame

[@mikel4159]

I've found that there are 3 different "pinch locations" so to speak per string, they change a little bit per string and fret. the technique is exactly the same, you just need to move ya picking hand a little closer to the neck or bridge to find them. I've also found you kinda need to "dig in" a little more on the thicker strings but be a bit more gentle on the thinner strings. Hope this makes sense, keep at it man, you'll get it and when you do you'll be grinning like a Cheshire cat :)

[@alexlevesque9687]

Facts that's hard

[@jimdemassi8788]

Jim Root is a master of pinch harmonics on the E and A strings on the first 4 frets.

[@jmannrock]

just listen to Fabuless. that solo is like 13 seconds of *whee whee werr whee* harmonics

[@kenn0th3]

@@jmannrock Or Listen to the Solo of Rose Red violent blue from Stone sour

[@jimdemassi8788]

@@jmannrock I didn't think he (Root) played on that record. Didn't Chris Martucci play lead on that song?

[@justinhayes2194]

Jim Root wasn't on that album

[@flupurup3969]

@@jmannrock There are no pinch harmonics in the solo though

[@RC32Smiths01]

I remember when I hit my first accidental pinch harmonic haha, except every pinch harmonic I hit is on accident! Great and very helpful video here! You definitely make Zakk Wylde proud!

[@tomkiriaty3513]

Thank you for teaching us valuable stuff

[@tomkiriaty3513]

I have a question So I have an acoustic guitar and it’s from fender and inside it has a sticker that says the model is a CP-100 and then it says Parlour VSB but when I looked it up on the fender website nothing came up

[@tomkiriaty3513]

So I found my guitar model and I was wondering if you’d review it here’s the link shop.fender.com/en-US/acoustic-guitars/parlor/cp-100-parlor/0961571021.html

[@CostasAn]

No dude, the toughest technique is for me by far sweep picking.

[@danparry834]

Could not agree more! I find pinch harmonics easy in comparison!

[@swingonthespiral]

Sweep picking is definitely way more difficult than this. But I find the hardest thing on guitar to be fast shred style playing where every individual note is alternate picked. At least with sweeping the left hand does a good amount of the work, but my right hand sucks so bad that it can never keep up with my left. It's kind of sad. I can hammer on super fast runs but I cant even play a 16th note shred lick at a decent speed.

[@Siranonim]

@@swingonthespiral I feel you. Good coordination is difficult as hell. Add some string skipping and it gets even worse. I've been working on my alternate picking for the last year. There is some improvement but I still find it a bit underwhelming.

[@blekmetal8140]

Hammers from nowhere i believe are much more difficult. But if you learn this technique, sweep will be second choice for arpeggios.

[@lthorsemanship8150]

I can sweep pretty good but ive never liked my pinches

[@generalkenobi8810]

Zakk Wylde wants to know your location

[@Ken-yg4um]

🤣👍

[@MrGuitargod91]

😂

[@dhoops616]

Bruh he is a master at those low harmonics for real.

[@virtualnuke-bl5ym]

Luckily, my grandpa plays guitar, so when I asked him, “How do you play a high note but finger a low note? Like, you play this note, but it sounds like this note?” He knew what I was talking about and taught me about pinch harmonics. I practiced my pinch harmonics by doing them over and over again on a clean setting, so that I had to hit it exactly right to get a sound.

[@bxbbyxx]

Insane mode on a line 6 will always have a place in my heart

[@brettmarlar4154]

No More Tears is good for beginners as it's at an easier tempo. But Crazy Babies from No Rest for the Wicked is the signature Zakk Wylde riff.

[@rkchang77]

Crazy Babies was my first pinch harmonic. A tech at a local guitar store showed me how to do it properly after he modded my Strat to a Fat Strat

[@SafelandingRecords]

*Zakk Wylde has entered the chat*

[@joeeiynk1260]

Lol!

[@samiirai]

It's a good thing you are so good at guitar. Because of that, your mom was able to teach me this technique.

[@popnoice8126]

It was always hard for me to get the pinch harmonic right when trying to learn the main riff from Psychosocial by Slipknot. Also I think it's awesome that you mention Periphery. They have some great pinch harmonics in their music!

[@williamsanders2348]

That riff in Lamb of gods 'laid to rest' is a great one to practice for that low pinch harmonic.

[@noodle845]

Just been having a go myself! It's annoying cos I can do pinches elsewhere, but hitting it on the 3rd fret of the lowest string is a challenge

[@pawelos4]

2:20 if that is "crunchy", my name is chika chika slim shady

[@bleromafia]

ROFL

[@user-qs7jl4oh6j]

I started playing day now ying guitar at 4 years old i'm 67 now. but noticed that i was getting pinch harmonics totally by accident way before i knew what it was. or even heard of a pinch harmonic. and could never get it again then i saw you teaching it. i now know exactly how to do it but the nerves in my hands won't allow me to do it because i have irepairable nueropothy in my hands, total nerve damage. dropping my pick most of the time it really sucks! I love the sound of pinch harmonics. So i keep practicing every single day my thumb meat just won't let me hit the strings Maybe God one day will heal me and can master it some day and be as good as you, Zack Wild, dime bag and everybody else! pray for me. thanks. Rock On you thousands of guitarist.

[@markwentsleightlymad]

The first accidental pinch harmonic that Kept happening was when I was messing around picking with a coin. The blunted edge made my thumb graze just right on a series of notes and I sounded awesome for 7 whole seconds!!! :D

[@jacksonbrooks4347]

1:52 Most full hearted laugh ever

[@Yupppi]

I find the best sounding pinches being those where you actually do it "sloppy" or half-assed. The kind where you get the squeal but it's mixed with the regular string sound. It has a nice effect on the note and creates some interesting harmonic fight between the regular and pinched note. Don't really have an idea how it can happen.

[@bayezidahsan7309]

You gotta go for a stronger attack but a light graze with the thumb. Doing it fast is easier.

[@nvirevolution2235]

I always found it more difficult to do higher fret pinch harmonics rather than lower fret ones. I guess I'm doing it wrong!

[@ammarD]

Let's just say Gojira's Magma. I'm gonna leave it there.

[@jadinwemette8251]

Fucking amazing song for pinches, ocean planet was what made me practice until I had them down

[@DangerousPOSSE]

i remember how fucking MYSTERIOUSLY HARD this was to learn lol but once i figured it out i was like ohhhhhh thats actually easy as hell. great vid man

[@godsperfectfailures796]

No More Tears and Cemetary Gates are the two best songs to use. NMT is 3rd fret of the E, Cemetary is 7th on the A, 8th on the D, and 7th on the E.

[@JesseHughesNC]

“We can’t all hit the ones down here at the thicker strings” Excuse me sir, those were the first ones I learned to play and only ones I really do 😂

[@robbyp912]

I never realized this was such a difficult technique. I learned how to do pinched harmonics on the lower strings and frets. The most difficult in my opinion in hitting a pinched on the down turned 7th string and I'm sure it gets more difficult as you add more strings

[@JakeHoltMusic]

One of my personal favourite things to practice pinches was always arpeggiated chords in full pinch. I once played the entire rhythm section of pacabel's Canon in D in pinched harmonics

[@BrijeshSarin]

Have been here since u had 20k subs. You have come so long! Love your all videos ❤️

[@santiagogutierrez1594]

I really like your serious side and your stories. More of his format plz.

[@lidex]

Really appreciate your videos. Learn something new every time. Thanks and keep it coming

[@danielzammitlupi2049]

Love your vids keep it up man

[@1rorysteele]

I laughed out loud when he went into the No More Tears riff, as that was my first time learning to hit the low pinch harmonics.

[@rockerpat1085]

I pinch the No More Tears harmonic all the time!!! E string second fret!!! Keep Rocking it out!!!

[@mamelukkikala1160]

At the beginning I thought he was just talking about pinch harmonics in general and I completely agreed. I've no idea how to consistently make them sound right.

[@jamiemcleod5264]

Thank you for video Tlyer, I love your videos so much

[@SafaBoet]

You like TOP?🙃

[@jamiemcleod5264]

@@SafaBoet yes 🤣🤣🤣💙

[@ruimahe]

I was wondering if you could maybe do a tapping guitare lesson, I think a lot of people would benefit from it...

[@alec7568]

A line 6 spider is totally a great amp to learn on, and you know what. I played my first gig through a line 6 pod and I fucking love my pod. Sound techs hate me but it sounds good haha

[@ketutgitar]

guys This Dude are the best guitar teacher.. just looks fOR his channel!👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪

[@spencer7efm]

Idk if u read u comments still but just wanted to let u know that u are my favorite music KZbinr and I have enjoyed everything...music really is win

[@joshgraham2456]

First pinch harmonic I learned. Thank you chuck shuldiner of death! Rest in metal! (The song was pull the plug by the way)

[@shubhamdasgupta8605]

Josh Graham RIP Chuck Shuldiner. Tyler should do a vid on habits of Chuck Shuldiner. I know Chuck used a lot of Phrygian, a bit of Phrygian Dominant, some Aeolian. But he made up his own scales for some of the solos in Sound Of Perseverance. I hope Tyler covers that in a vid.

[@SpongeBath_ShitPants]

_"This isn't a sponsored video or anything; I was just messing around with the pedals."_ **ten-second zoom on products**

[@olafvanrijnsbergen1177]

D string. 2nd fret. Thats where Heavy Metal comes from

[@smileswrappedingauze]

people used to tell me all kinds of crazy things like dragging your thumb across, etc. from like 2005 - to like within the past year, i couldn't really do it... then i just realized "you know how to do a normal, natural harmonic.. & bending... then just do a harmonic, & try to bend it... (same way you always do, just don't push against the wood...) now, i'm like.. oh... so easy... lol. maybe sometimes people try to explain things,especially musical terms too complicated, but then once you realize what it really is, it's so simple... like, it took me years to realize "the tonic" is just the first chord, that you hit you the most... lol. fyi: i do find it helps though with a gain-heavy distortion, flicking my tone switch to 2/5 (or 1/5 all treble heavy) area, than the normal 4/5, more bass / A strings area i used to always leave it, & closer to the end bridge (where you lay your hand when you palm-mute), in contrast to towards the neck, because the strings are tighter / hit harder / it can ring out, where towards the neck is basser, vibrates more, & inherently makes the harmonic slide out for me... (but maybe thats2a strat guy thing, or something. it's different for ever guitar. my sg was easy to p.m. on, for instance.)

[@tierangreen]

Making metal technique videos in a Metheny shirt. I approve.

[@eldave178]

Oh my gosh I am so glad I figured out this technique. The first time I saw one was when I was learning a Tool song and I had no idea how they made the super high note xD.

[@alexhalligan4339]

Hey I was just wondering when you started playing the guitar. Also I’d like to say you’ve been a great inspiration for me during the entire 3 weeks I’ve been playing the guitar. Keep up the good work!

[@diegogaming6949]

One of the hardest guitar technique was "dimebag"

[@jadinwemette8251]

Gojira's ocean planet made me practice them for months back in '07 until I figured out pinches depend on position of attack on each string at each fret and each angle pinched, allowing different pitched pinches even when on 1 single fret. Practicing them was well worth the time spent.

[@a.b9893]

Thanks for your awesome videos.

[@chrisdempsey2379]

*Biggest tip for pinch harmonic beginners* If you don't know what regular harmonics are, know them. Then, figure out you can do regular harmonics in places OVER where your pickups are instead of just over your fretboard. Then *DOING THIS OVER THOSE HARMONICS OVER YOUR PICKUPS* , pick the note with your pick, and in the same motion, clip the string with your thumb. Don't leave your thumb on the string after, only for a fraction of a second. You can also hit the string with your thumb pretty firmly, don't be scared to really dig in. I find doing that on the harmonics over your pickups is the quickest and easiest way to get your first pinch harmonic to ring out. Hope I helped someone! :D

[@themuchdingdong]

That little dig at Glenn Fricker in the beginning

[@shizzle777]

Great to mention moving the pick forward n back to achieve more accents to the notes or note !!

[@dack6i9]

2:30 the "THAT WAS NASTY" face

[@dehasim]

A awesome song with pinch harmonics (that made me love it) is Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria

[@TyrTheConqueror]

Pinch harmonics came easy to me so far its sweep picking where I still throw my picks across the room

[@guitarheaven1747]

Dethklok got me into those harmonics, now I keep doing them all the time

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

pinch harmonics are my favorite. I was trying to learn that technique over a intro of Psychosocial. 😂😂

[@nakulsuresh1048]

That's super awesome , thanks for the lesson will sure try to learn this

[@tugsman5]

My buddy taught himself and told me how to do them because of No More Tears. I never talky thought about how to learn them properly. I can hit 3rd and 5th get almost every time, but other spots are 50/50. Didn't even know you could do them on 12th

[@acresnoire387]

That Black Star harmonics

[@sorranayo9667]

I'm agree ! When I wanted to play some songs from Van Halen, I wasn't able to do correctly the pinch harmonics on the 2nd fret on the B string, and I didn't understand why because I can easily do that on the frets after the 10th. and sorry for my english -_-

[@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03]

I love doin that. Such a pain to do pinch harmonics tho. U need distortion, and it’s a pain to find them because you gotta remember where you’d mostly get harmonics in the fretboard and if you want to get a harmonic from anywhere on the fretboard, it’s a different way to get it on different frets. This one Tyler is showin us here, is a thick boi. Lol. It’s like a Zakk Wylde style bend. Bending like 4 frets down and shaking the string a little and getting the harmonic to come out in the process it’s a fantastic sound but kinda hard to get

[@SharpestDager]

Honestly, I don't know if it's because I learned pinch harmonics on the thick strings or what, but I've always found that pinch harmonics are always easiest on the thickest strings. I've always had more difficulty with pinch harmonics on the higher strings. Might also have something to do with where the actual harmonics are located for the picking hand since I have to move my hand forward for me to activate a pinch harmonic on the high E or B strings. A song that I would recommend for learning the pinch harmonics on the thicker strings (which happens to be the song that used to practice pinch harmonics) is the main riff of Duality by Slipknot. I would also recommend the pre-chorus to Dead Memories, again by Slipknot.

[@musixmylyfe]

Dig the billy corgan shirt. Also just moved to Nashville as well. Keep up the great content as always :)

[@LeagueOfGaming1000]

Duality and psychosocial was the first time I played a low end pinch harmonic. Pretty satisfying

[@Mickocarbomb]

Yeah, pinch harmonics. *_Laughing in Floyd Rose/Kahler dive harmonics at the 1st and 2nd frets on the G and B strings_*

[@elkvis]

Thick string pinch harmonics are my bread and butter

[@thewanderer8639]

Oh yes, the unmistakeable sound of a strangled duck looking for help. Delightful

[@MusicisWin]

The Wanderer he will find no help here

[@thewanderer8639]

@@MusicisWin but we'll find redemption...or will we?

[@AndrewStonerock]

Classic Zakk has been my go to since 05..

[@devilsden1592]

Great vid,keep up the good work

[@doncaballero1982]

One of the best riffs to master this technique, is to learn the main riff of "Cemetery Gates" by Pantera. Dime is a true Master of those harmonics. If thats too easy, rather switch to "Revolution is my name" by Pantera. Good luck with that one...

[@georgewalker3702]

To accommodate for up picking, I use the middle finger instead of my thumb for pinching.

[@zetsu12344]

As I like the video, what brings a tear to my eye is reminding myself how I've heard these "move your thumb" and did not understand what the hell is it that I am doing wrong, and than it just clicked ... so I guess some tries and it goes .. same goes for the spot you are picking to get the pinch. But yeah ... than I did not get it and felt like and idiot now i can land these pinches anywere at anytime XD

[@marcelltoth1996]

I learned these kinds of pinch harmonics when I was practicing Laid to Rest. I think if you practice you will get it down.

[@Dusty8374]

I was riffing and trying to come up with weird sounds and I hit a pinch and it clicked. Still get chills when I use one

[@Foodgeek]

I can even do them on my acoustic guitars. You just slant the pick slightly and kind of dampen the string with your thumb :)

[@killercour]

1:52 when you finally nail that pinch harmonic

[@seungkirishima7558]

The first time I held a guitar(acoustic) I accidentally did a bend and broke my hand...... I never used bending ever since

[@theknifesedge57]

How tf did your break your hand bending the string, were you playing bridge cables? 🤣

[@seansyw143]

Living with advance osteoporosis must be rough

[@kaydgaming]

Imagine being so bad at playing guitar that you broke your own fingers before the string

[@Youtube.Commen-tater]

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[@maranathashalom9402]

1:51 the nerdy guitarrero laugh everyone does when when asked to play something and nail it miraculously even though you didn't believe in yourself being able to play that^^

[@mastrpuppet2975]

Love the Revv pedals!

[@singleproppilot]

His comments at the beginning make me feel old. The Line 6 Spider 2 was released in 2004. I had already been playing for 15 years at that point. Doesn’t mean I’m really good at it or anything, but I sure have been doing it awhile.

[@steevkelly]

my guitar buddies and i, when we were all metalhead teenagers, referred to pinch harmonics as "qwah's" as in "dude, zakk ripped an insane qwah at the end of the solo".

[@quintonworden6318]

Ooof this one definitely hits home for me. It's kinda funny, when I first started playing guitar I was obsessed with the stereotypical "All the GAIN" mentality and I used to think I was a god of pinch harmonics just from always having them ring out from sloppy playing and poor picking at unusable high gain settings, but when I actually tried doing it on purpose it never came out right.

[@dannystarkridesfixed]

Music is win,more like music is shred. Cool little insight ive always wondered how to get pinch harmonics to sound like that. I've never tried

[@raydog_97]

0:34 I want mine to sound like that 😂🤘

[@camerongilmour77]

Man, I love music, guitar especially. I would love to learn how to play. I don't even know where to start. Seems like there's just so much to it but I guess that's the beauty of it. Maybe I should start by getting a guitar eh? I love this channel already, I might give it a try!

[@Andrath]

I actually used to struggle with this. A mate showed me how, and I managed to pull it off the first time, and then never again for a LONG time. Until I sat down for it for a couple of hours and just hashed it out by force of will.

[@alexlevesque9687]

I learned how by practicing Gojira. Now the technique is so fucking satisfying

[@Ripper15ltd]

'Gojira - Magma' proceeds to trigger me again

[@MrDeafknight]

stranded always leaves me pinchless :)

[@josuastangl7140]

Magma is insane!

[@ericksousa911]

I think one important point was missing: imagine your fretboard continues and hit your pick exactly where you would find the note 2 octaves higher. For example if your note is on the 3thrd fret, you should pick where your 27th fret should be. If your note is on 6th fret, than you should pick exactly where 30th fret should be. The hard thing is that this difference is a few milimeters apart. So only a lot of training and muscle memory will make you hit it right. I find it less harder to make with 24.75 scale fretboards than 25.5, not sure why.

[@billmcelgunn7819]

Bending with vibrato was impossible for me for the longest time But one day I got it and I've been doing it every day since never give up hope on a technique keep working at it and you'll get it