Question for guitarists and/or metalheads
pgwp:
I’m trying to explain artificial harmonics and pick harmonics to someone who doesn’t necessarily understand what those are. I want to give examples of songs (preferably metal or hair-metal songs) that famously use these techniques. I’m looking basically for the most obvious possible answer.
For artificial harmonics (i.e. the kind where you simply rest your finger on a string other than the 5th, 7th, or 12th fret, making a kind of distorted ringing sound) - I’m thinking the breakdown in Megadeth’s “Holy Wars” or the opening riff to Pantera’s “Primal Concrete Sledge”. The latter is way too obscure, and the former might be a hair obscure as well.
For a pick harmonic (i.e. the guitarist really makes the guitar squeal), I’m thinking of the guitar solo from Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive.”
Am I missing way more obvious examples of these two techniques? I want someone with a decent understanding of music to immediately know the sounds I’m talking about.
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is known for them try the outro solo of “La Grange” (starting at about 3:30 in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njwerVaLByk)
