What is the difference between artificial and natural harmonics?
This contrast is made, to my knowledge, only by string players. Natural harmonics are those that are played on an open string, whereas ‘artificial harmonics’ are the harmonics of a stopped string. The latter are of course more difficult to play, as you need one finger to stop the string and another to touch it at the desired node. See Strings, standing waves and harmonics.
This contrast is made, to my knowledge, only by string players. Natural harmonics are those that are played on an open string, whereas ‘artificial harmonics’ are the harmonics of a stopped string. The latter are of course more difficult to play, as you need one finger to stop the string and another to touch it at the desired node. See Strings, standing waves and harmonics and Standing waves.
