Bass Harmonic Notation Guide

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Jonathan Dimond Notating harmonics on the bass This guide is an excerpt from material covered more thoroughly in my book Bass Riyaz. Refer to www.jonathandimond.com/bassriyaz.html Method 1 Natural Harmonics - touch point Use a diamond note head to indicate where to touch the string. For double bass, the word sul (meaning “on”) may accompany the notation to indicate which string is to be used. Bass guitar tends to adopt the approach used for guitar, where instead of sul, the string number is indicated (starting with string 1 as the highest string). Method 2 Natural and Artificial Harmonics - touch point with string A dyad is notated. On top, a diamond note head is used to indicate where to touch the string. On the bottom appears a regular note head that indicates either the open string to be used (for a natural harmonic) or the note to be fretted (for an artificial harmonic). Method 3 Natural and Artificial Harmonics - touch point with string and resultant pitch A triad is notated. On top, a bracketed note indicates the resultant pitch. Below that, a diamond note head is used to indicate where to touch the string. On the bottom appears a regular note head that indicates either the open string to be used (for a natural harmonic) or the note to be fretted (for an artificial harmonic). Method 4 Resultant pitch only A single note head indicates the desired pitch, accompanied by a small degree symbol °. (This symbol is also used to indicate open strings.) This method requires that the composer and performer have a clear idea of how to play the resulting harmonics! ˙o ?.

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