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Originally Posted by AngelL10
Hi everyone!  I'm still new here and I have just started playing the guitar. I've got an Ibanez PF-16 and I've been trying to get better at fingerstyle songs but I barely improve or not at all. Does anyone have any tips I could use for medium-complicated fingerstyle songs?
Also, I've read that a classical guitar is better for this genre..I did not know that when I bought the guitar. There is this cover which I'm trying to make but I can't get any sounds when the harmonic parts come. I can do harmonics easily until the 12th fret but after that there is just no proper sound, it's like the harmonic doesn't exist anymore. Any tips are helpful, especially tips that can improve my accuracy and speed. Please watch the video and write here any suggestions. Thank you!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxGl...EQJ3OzVbPv3cBM |
That is a seriously tough piece. Not too hard without the harmonics, but the harmonics lift it to advanced level.
But a tip on the harmonics. Some of those are "artificial" harmonics, which means from fretted notes. So "<14>" means you fret the string at 2nd fret, then with the right hand you touch the string over fret 14 and pick to one side of 14 (with thumb or another finger).
That in itself is not too hard, it's the simultaneous bass note that is challenging: your thumb picks that, so the harmonic needs to be played with one finger touching the node and another picking the string.