How to play harmonics on an electric guitar?

Question

Greetings, I've started teaching myself how to play the electric guitar,with the aid of a dvd set, but I'm stuck on playing harmonics, I know they say to lightly touch the string then release, but every time I do that the note just dies it doesn't
continue to "ring" out.

Answer 1

try plucking the strings with your fingers on the right hand. also some fret position for harmonincs are harder than others try harmonics on the 12 fret of your E and B string.
and i don't know that you are but,dont push all the way down on the strings, just set your fingers on them and when you pluck pull away.

Answer 2

Playing harmonics on the guitar is a touchy endeavor, but a beautiful one once it is mastered.

Of course, the 12th fret is the strongest harmonic place to play by ever so lightly placing the edge of your little finger across the strings you wish to play. The same holds true in the seventh fret, the fifth fret, and sometimes, in the third fret.

The song, "Amazing Grace," in the key of G, is perhaps the best way to use harmonics.

Another method of playing harmonics is to form a chord in any fret and then play that same formation or any string exactly 12 frets higher. Chet Atkins had mastered this strategy.

Example: Form your normal F chord in the first fret. Using your forefinger tip and your thumbpick, simultaneously play each of the strings as you desire starting in the 13th fret and ending in the 15th fret. However you play the chord with your left hand, simply duplicate it with your right picking finger and thumb.

A few of my guitars don't have a high D so I use harmonics to get the high D notes.

This strategy takes practice so don't give up on it. Keep at until the strings ring like a bell.

Answer 3

it works the same as an acoustic.