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Originally posted by fadlan bassman
ouch, are those harmonics or what? (the little half moon with a dot above the note) |
The 'half moon' is a fermata, about which
Dictionary.com says:
1. The prolongation of a tone, chord, or rest beyond its indicated time value.
2. The sign indicating this prolongation.
At that point, you lay off counting and hold the note for what seems like an appropriate amount of time.
The notes with diamond shaped heads are harmonics (although it's a little hard to make out which are which at that resolution). For example, the first note is the harmonic above the fifth fret on the G string, not the fretted note at the 24th fret on the G string. Both have the same pitch but different timbres (tones).
If you haven't learnt to read harmonics in standard notation, you may find it useful to also have a tabbed copy of
Portrait... to hand, as well as a copy of the recording to listen to.
Wulf
