How the jimmy christmas do u do tapped harmonics?

[Redhotbassist]

how? im trying to learn Stu Hamm's 'quahogs anyone?' and i cant do the first part cos its tapped harmonics.. i can do harmonics../ but not tapped??! if someone can explain id be grateful.

thanks

[JMX]

Fret a note with the left hand and then hit the string with your right-hand index finger exactly 12 frets higher.

[Redhotbassist]

so say if i wanted to do a tapped harmonic on the 5th of the G, then i wud have to hold down 5 on the G and 15th On the same 6, and fret them both.. one after the other.. its sound's..like a normal tapped 15th note.. no harmonic??

[JMX]

You fret a C on the G-string (5th fret) and tap the high C (17th fret, not the 15th).

[Redhotbassist]

ok im fretting the C on the G which is the 5th fret.. and the 17th fret which is the higher C, i was already doing that i just made a mistake when writing it up, but im still not getting a harmonic sound..

[JMX]

You have to let the finger bounce off again immediately, or else you don't get the harmonic.

[Redhotbassist]

cheers put which finger, the from the 5th fret right? bounce that one off?

[JMX]

The right-hand finger, the left-hand finger functions just as a capo.

[Redhotbassist]

thanks, got it, cheers for helping me thru that JMX