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Harmonics DefinitionThis graphic shows the first five commonly used harmonics. The diamond shaped notesmark the places where you touch the string lightly to create the sub-division.

The regular notes show the actual pitch that sounds when you play these harmonics.

Here are the five rules that make playing harmonics reliable:

Play close to the bridge Lots of bow speed Lots of bow pressure Tilt your bow No martelé

Please look at the exercises to see how you can make this work!

2200 hZ

1760 hZ

1320 hZ

880 hZ

440 hZ

4:5

3:4

2:3

1:2

third

fourth

fifth

octave