A question about guitarist Russell Malone

[avshalomariel]

Russell has a technique that i didn't really figure out:
In many of his solo guitar pieces he uses a technique that makes the guitar sound like a harp - he sort of plays a scale and sustains all the notes in it.
To me is sort of sounds like use of overtones, but i'm not really sure.
does anybody here have an idea?

[mr. beaumont]

artificial harmonics.

try this, finger a chord in your left hand, something pretty.

now, hold your pick between your right hand thumb and midle finger, leaving your index finger free. use your inde finger to lightly touch the string above the fret exactly 12 frets higher than where your left hand is pressing down. pick the string, and carefully pull your index finger away.

mixing some regular picked notes with harmonics can be a ovely effect. youtube lenny breau and ted greene, they were the best at it.

[Flat5]

Here is a mind-boggling example of that technique. Tommy Emmanuel playing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".

YouTube Video

[peterja]

That was a really nice video.

Here´s Andreas Oberg giving a great lesson in artificial harmonics on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/v/LVjoI2Aw7ZQ&hl=en_US&fs=1

Did you know Andreas has great swordskills to?

http://www.youtube.com/v/jTtTLWVBKn0&hl=en_US&fs=1