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→Picking Technique
This is what is most commonly referred to when saying "artificial harmonic". This technique uses a slighted tilted picking hand to allow the thumb to touch the string as the pick plucks it. The thumb acts as a pivot point to create the harmonic, just like the left-hand finger for a natural harmonic. And again like natural harmonics, you want to lift the thumb off the string as soon as the harmonic is sounded. Usually its just a normal picking motion, but you add the thumb.
It is possible to use your right hand index finger (or another finger) as the pivot point; however, I find this is more difficult. For my pick grip, my index finger's nail would likely touch the string, which doesn't work as well as the flesh of the side of my thumb. For this technique to work correctly, you must focus on pressure, timing, and accuracy. You must use enough right hand thumb pressure on the string to deaden that point on the stringbut not so much that you end up muting the string instead of simply deadening the pivot point. Your thumb must touch the string at the appropriate time - right before the pick plucks the string or right after (basically at the exact same time), and it must be pulled off the string as soon as possible after plucking the string with the pick. Finally, the location of your right thumb (the pivot point) must be correct. This will depend both on which harmonic you are trying to sound, as well as what fret your left hand is fretting.
== Tapping Technique ==