Lesson
Notes by Jeff Fiorentino
This is part 2 of Harmonics here in the
JFRocks.com Guitar Lessons section.. The part 1 lesson dealt with
finding and making harmonics happen, and the different types of harmonics..
This part 2 puts it all in motion with a song example called,
"Opus in H minor", with the "H" of course meaning harmonics and not
harmonic minor just to be clear.. The song title is a play on words
since there is no key of "H" and this song is not really in Harmonic minor
per say, but as coincidence would have it Harmonic minor is used to create
mood in certain sections..
On the video lesson we'll cover the techniques used in the song example,
which include, Natural Harmonics in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and
12th positions, as well as artificial harmonics of all kinds
including, tap harmonics and the theory behind them.. Also
covered in this song example are tapped chord harmonics of 2 types,
octave and non-octave, and last but not least screams..
Also covered in this lesson is a more advanced topic which requires an
understanding of harmonic pitches, which was a topic covered lightly on the
Harmonics part 1 lesson, but, I will recap that topic in this part 2 lesson
because of its importance with the section of the song's intro portion that
uses 2 guitars to "harmonize with harmonics".. The same theory
applies to harmonizing harmonics as with harmonizing pitches of a scale,
but, most players are not aware of the pitch they're doing when making
harmonics. Which in turn makes harmonizing them impossible, so it's a
very rare technique, which if learned will set you apart from the crowd..
All this and more, including a walk through of the song example "Opus in
H minor" will be covered on the video lesson... That said, please
get familiar with the song example, and by all means "CRANK IT UP"!!
The louder it is, the better it sounds... To that end we gave the song
some real balls in the mix with a strong "Metallica'esque"
drum and bass sound and a heavy stereo mix on guitars
1 and 2...
Once you're familiar with "Opus in H minor" as far as its arrangement
and various parts, load up the video lesson and get a harmonics application
lesson that will have you doing more than just screams here and there or the
occasional VH rip off artificial harmonic fill...
Above all enjoy the lesson...
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Opus in H minor
TAB Transcription
Song Intro
   
Tabs
are color coded:
Guitar 1 is Black
Guitar 2 is in Blue
**
Guitar 1 is always the main guitar, and guitar 2 is always the secondary
guitar. The 2 guitar's EQ settings are similar, with the exception
being that guitar 2 has a little less bass EQ and a pinch more presence on
it. This is to allow it to stand out from guitar 1 and prevents the
sound from getting mushy. You generally want your guitar 1 in
situations like this to be the "ballsier" of the two as far as sound goes..
Guitar 1
E________________________________________________________________
B_______________7h~w.b~~_________________________________________
G______________5h*let ring together_______________________________________
D_______7h_5h_____________________5h_____________________________
A__12h_________________________5h___4h~w.b~~>>slowly
bring down with w.b>>____
E________________________________________________________________
****Guitar
2 drives open 5th string,
Guitar 1
A
E________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________
D_________________________7h_5h~w.b~~____________________
A_____________________12h__________________5h_4h~w.b~~___
E__**push string into pickup twice_____________________5h_______________
E_____________________________________________
B_____________________7h______________________
G_________5h~w.b~~____________________________
D______7h_____________________________________
A__12h____________________4h_3h~w.b~~_________
E_____________________________________________
****Harmonized
Harmonics section..... Guitars 1 and 2 do as tabbed below... Guitar
1 is doing tap harmonics, while guitar harmonizes those harmonics using mostly
the 3rds of their pitches, using natural harmonics instead of tapped ones..
Guitar 3 follows with chords.. Guitar 3 tab is in
Maroon color....
Guitar 1
G#m
Bm
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________
A_________6h(18)__7h(19)~______2h(14)~_________________________
E__4h(16)______________________________3h(15)~__2h(14)~________
Em add9
B5
E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________
D_______________4h(16)~__5h(17)~__4h(14)~___________
A_________2h(14)__________________2h(14)~___________
E__0h(12)___________________________________________
Guitar 2: Harmonizes what's above in guitar 1 with natural harmonics
that match the pitch of the 3rds and roots of guitar 1's pitches for the most
part..
E_____________________________________12h~w.b~______7h~w.b~___
B_____________________________________12h~w.b~___7h__________
G________________________5h_________________________________
D______4h_____________5h____4h~w.b~__________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E__7h_____5h~w.b~____________________________________________
Guitar 3: Follows with chords.
G#5
Bm Bm6 F#5
E5
B5
E__________________________________________________________________________
B______________________7__8________________________________________________
G__13__________________7__7__11_____________ 9______________4______________
D__13 *let chord ring out________9__9__11
*let chord ring out____ 9 *let chord ring out____4
*let chord ring out____
A__11________________________ 9______________7______________2______________
E__________________________________________________________________________
Pre-Kick in
This is a build up gallop riff
of which this and the kick in riff are designed to give you
artificial or scream harmonic riffing practice... We'll talk about these
and their pitches on the video lesson...
Guitar 1
E5
E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G________________________________________________
D__2_____________________2_______________________
A__2__2_2_2_2__2_2~a.h~___2__2_2_2_2__ 2___2~a.h~__
E__0__0_0_0_0__0_________0__0_0_0_0___0__________
E__________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________12h______12h__________
G______________________________5h____________12h______12h__________
D__2___________________________5h____________12h______12h__________
A__2__2_2_2_2__2__5~a.h~____________________________________________
E__0__0_0_0_0__0____________0______12h_12h_______12h______12h______
E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G________________________________________________
D__2_____________________2_______________________
A__2__2_2_2_2__2_2~a.h~___2__2_2_2_2__ 2___2~a.h~__
E__0__0_0_0_0__0_________0__0_0_0_0___0__________
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__________________________________________
D__2_______________________________________
A__2__2_2_2_2__2__5~a.h~___>into
main kick in_____
E__0__0_0_0_0__0___________________________
Guitar 2: Harmonic accompaniment.
E___________12h~w.b~_________________5h~w.b~________________________________________
B_______12h______________________5h__________________________7h~w.b~~_>into
main kick in__
G__9~_____________________ 11~____________________5h~w.b~__________________________
D__________________________________________________________________________________
A__7~______________________9~______________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________
Main
Kick in / Main theme riff
Again more practice with artificial harmonics and
riffing... This riff is the same pretty
much throughout the track, both guitar 1 and 2 play the same thing, so this is
only tabbed once... It's also how the song ends....
E______________________________
B______________________________
G______________________________
D___0-4-0_______________________
A________5_2-0_________________
E______________2^1/2>release_2_____
E5
E______________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________________________
D___2_____________________________2____________0-4-0____________________
A___2_______2_2_2________2~a.h~____2_________________5_2-0_______________
E___0___0x__0_0_0__0x_0x__________0__0x__0x_0x____________2^1/2>release_2___
E______________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________________________
D___2_____________________________2____________0-4-0____________________
A___2_______2_2_2________2~a.h~____2_________________5_2-0_______________
E___0___0x__0_0_0__0x_0x__________0__0x__0x_0x____________2^1/2>release_2___
E______________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________________________
D___2_____________________________2____________0-4-0____________________
A___2_______2_2_2________2~a.h~____2_________________5_2-0_______________
E___0___0x__0_0_0__0x_0x__________0__0x__0x_0x____________2^1/2>release_2___
E5
G5 *implied by bass F#5 *implied
by bass
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________
D___2_____________________________2___________________________________________
A___2_______2_2_2________2~a.h~____2_____________5~a.h~_5~a.h~___2~a.h~_2~a.h~____
E___0___0x__0_0_0__0x_0x__________0__0x__0x_0x________________________________
Etc. etc. and it repeats around again and goes into the solo. See solo
tabs below.
SOLO
The solo is a great harmonics workout..
There is a mix of techniques all thrown together, and
with each technique the rhythm under it changes. Note the chord
names above the tabs. We'll cover the rhythm under the solo on the video
lesson because the harmonic pitches relate to those chords. I'm not an
advocate of doing harmonics blindly. I believe you should know your
harmonic pitches so that you can effectively use them in your leads as more than
just fillers...
See video lesson for the real White meat of what's going on here.. For
ease of reading the solo has been separated into its individual phrasing
sections. It's a piece of cake to follow along in the tabs as the song mp3
plays to get familiar with the tabs and solo itself..
E5
D5
E______________________12h~w.b~_____________________
B__________________12h________________7h~w.b~~~~___
G______12h~w.b~____________________5h*let
ring___________
D__12h______________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________
C5
B5
E_______5h~w.b~_______________________________
B____5h______________________________________
G__0_______________4a.h scream>w.b down slowly>>>________
D_________________x rake_______________________
A____________________________________________
E____________________________________________
*Tap harmonic riffing,
notice how they never die out, they swing and play off each other.
This is a classic Van Halen technique similar to what VH did during his
appearance on SNL in the late 80's..
(*h)
The trick is to either bend up or release a bend the moment the tap
harmonic begins to sound out. Also DO NOT release pressure on the
fretted notes, or you'll kill the harmonic..
G5
E______________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________
G__5*h(12)^1__5*h(14)>release_5_____5*h(12)^1__5*h(17)>release_5______5*h(12)^1__5*h(17)>release_5___
D______________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________
D5
E___________________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________________________
G__5*h(12)^1__5*h(17)>release_5____5*h(14)^1__5*h(17)>release_5____5*h(14)^1__5*h(17)>release_5___
D___________________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________
C5
E_____________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________
G___5*h(12)^1__5*h(14)___5^1h(12)>release_5__5h(14)_4h(16)__4h(13)_4h(16)~~___
D_____________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________
B5
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__4h(11)__4h(13)__4h(11)__4h(16)~~_________
D_________________________________________
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________
*Trem (speed) picked
natural harmonics - Full Range...
B5
A5 G5
F#5 E5
F#5
E____________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________________
D__5h///_4///_3///_2///_______________________________________________
A________________________5h///_4///_3///_2///_________________________
E______________________________________________5h///_4///_3///_2///___
G5
D5
A5
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B________________________7h~w.b~~~______________________________________________
G_________5h~w.b~~~_____________________________________________________________
D______7h_______________________________________________________________________
A__12h________________________________0*with
slight pitch bleed 3h~w.b~~~>w.b
down slowly after vibrato>>___
E_______________________________________________________________________________
*Solo
final fade out just before the kick in riff that ends the song...
E__________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________
G__________________14h(19)__________________________________________________
D__________14h(19)_____________7h>w.b down slowly>>________________________________
A__12h(17)_____________________7h>w.b down slowly>>____>>back
to Main Theme riff to end song__
E__________________________________________________________________________
End
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