classical guitar notations

classical guitar notations

Classical guitar harmonic notation?

I am writing a piece that includes guitar and makes heavy use of natural harmonics. What is the best way to notate them? One way I read was to, above the note, put the fret number where the finger should rest. Are there other ways that classically trained guitarists read natural (and, for that matter, artificial) harmonics? Does the note sound an octave lower, as normal notes do, or does it transpose differently?

For classical guitar, what I’m used to seeing is more like what Josh said above me than what kluctus said. A diamond shaped notehead for the sounding pitch might be with a little circle above or below the staff line. They usually indicate the string on which the harmonic is played (not the fret, I think…they let you figure that out) by a number enclosed in a circle.

I think a lot of this depends on the editor/publisher, though. Sometimes it’s very clear, and sometimes you just get diamond noteheads with no indication of how to produce the harmonic (naturally or artificially).

Just make sure that you do it consistently throughout the piece…and the performer will greatly appreciate some sort of explanatory note at the beginning of the score.

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