Artificial harmonic
（重定向自Artificial Harmonics）
![Artificial harmonic, as written (below) and as sounding (top). The round note (below) is pressed with one finger, and the square note is lightly touched with another one. Play](/Images/godic/202412/22/Artificial_harmonic1435.png")
![Playing a natural harmonic on a string.](/Images/godic/202412/22/Flageolette.svg1435.png")
![Table of harmonics of a stringed instrument with colored dots indicating which positions can be lightly fingered to generate just intervals up to the 7th harmonic.](/Images/godic/202412/22/Table_of_Harmonics.svg1435.png")
To produce an artificial harmonic, a stringed instrument player holds down a note on the neck with one finger of the non-dominant hand (thereby shortening the vibrational length of the string) and uses another finger to lightly touch a point on the string that is an integer divisor of its vibrational length, and plucks or bows the side of the string that is closer to the bridge. This technique is used to produce harmonic tones that are otherwise inaccessible on the instrument. To guitar players, one variety of this technique is known as a pinch harmonic.