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Now we are practicing holding the fret constant and changing the harmonic achieved, as well as changing the fret while keeping the harmonic order constant.
== Common Issues ==Most players don't bother to worry about which harmonic they're getting (and in turn what note they're actually playing). They just "pinch and pray" - they fret the left hand note, use the pinch harmonic picking motion, and hope to get lucky and land on a harmonic pivot point. In my experience, this is about a 50/50 shot, at best. 50% of the time you will not hit a good pivot point, leaving yourself with a muted thud instead of an epic squeal. Honestly, truly mastering pinch harmonics for the entire fretboard is very time-consuming. Instead, my advice is to get accustomed to finding the 5th and 6th order harmonics for frets 2-5. This is where they are most usually incorporated. As you get higher up the fretboard, pinch harmonics become more rare. = Tapping Technique ==
This technique uses tapping instead of picking. Unlike normal tapping, where the right-hand is actually fretting the string and holding that note for a duration, here the right hand simply taps the string against a fret to cause it to sound but is '''immediately removed''' from the string. That means you tap the string ''directly over'' the fret (like the position used for a natural harmonic), not slightly behind it like you would if you were actually fretting it. However, unlike natural harmonics, you are actually pressing the string down and touching it against the fret for an instant. The idea isn't to hold the string against the fret, but to use the metal (string) against metal (fret) contact to cause the string to vibrate then remove the right hand entirely and let it vibrate.