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Line 178: {{Listen\|filename=Pinch harmonic1.ogg\|title=Example of pinch harmonic\|description=Pinch harmonic example on the 3rd fret of the G string}} A pinch harmonic (also known as squelch picking, pick harmonic, or squealy) is a guitar technique to achieve artificial harmonics in which the player's thumb or index finger on the picking hand slightly catches the string after it is picked,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/guitar/techniques/1.html \|title=Guitar Techniques: Pick Harmonic \|website=XtremeMusician.com \|access-date=December 19, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308213440if_/http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/guitar/techniques/1.html \|archive-date=March 8, 2016 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref> canceling (silencing) the fundamental frequency of the string, and letting one of the [[overtone]]s dominate. This results in a high-pitched sound which is particularly discernible on an electrically-amplified guitar as a "squeal". [[Zakk Wylde]] ([[Ozzy Osbourne]] guitarist) is best known for this sound. ===Tapped harmonics===

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