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Summary: Play harmonics, as opposed to harmonies, when playing bass guitar; learn how from a professional bass player and teacher in this free music instruction video.

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Harmonics versus Harmonies in Bass Guitar

CASEY CORMIER: Okay, so you might have heard of harmonies before. I don't want you to get that confused with harmonics, though they are based on the same idea of certain of frequencies of vibrations in the air that create certain pitches. Basically, we've been playing so far, like pressing down before the fret, or if you're playing a fretless bass where the fret would be on it, okay? That's pressure. Now, if instead of putting any pressure down, we only put our finger right over the fret of a string, like so, and just touch barely, and you remove it after we do it so it's vibrating. Say, the 5th fret of your low E string, okay? If you can get that sound on there, try the 7th fret of your low E string, and finally try your 12th fret. These are very common and the most active harmonics, the easiest to make and to hear. Try it on you're a string, 5th, 7th, there. 5th, 7th, and 12th. We can use the harmonics to tune.

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