All About Harmonics

Juampy Juarez teaches the harp-like world of guitar harmonics, sharing the techniques of Ted Greene and Lenny Breau along with chordal ideas in the spirit of Ralph Towner. Ever since discovering that the guitar could imitate harp sounds, Juampy has been researching new chords and extended techniques built on these colors — and this masterclass collects what he's found.

What's covered

• Natural harmonics — where they live on the 12th, 7th, 5th, 19th, and 24th frets, and why
• Harp harmonics — combining fretted notes with harmonics, starting from an Em7(11) loop you can play back and forth
• Octave, tap, and touch harmonics, combined with fretted notes, scales, and chords
• Transposing harp-harmonic loops with barre chords to any key
• Harmonics chord sequences, scales with harmonics, and special effects — including koto-like textures
• Putting it to work in intros, endings, and comping

Your guitar will begin to sound like a waterfall, with textures that expand your harmonic, melodic, and sonic range. As Juampy puts it: hope you enjoy these ideas and become a harmonics lover too.