"Bad Horsie" horse sound effect

there are two ways to do the guitar effect that makes it sound like a horse wailing.

One way to do it is to do a pinch harmonic (place your thumb on the pick so immediately after you pick the string, your thumb will lightly touch the string) on an un-wrapped string (G, B or e) then bend it very high and slowly release the bend and as your releasing, vibrato with the whammy bar

Another way to do it, which I think sounds much better, is to do a natural harmonic (quickly, lightly touch the string with your fretting hand) near the 2nd fret of the G string, then on the whammy bar, go down, then pull up and vibrato with the whammy bar and as your vibrating, go down on the whammy bar.

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[To hear the horse sound effect, listen to the song from below and the first time its used is at about 1:12 into the song.]

Bad Horsie by Steve Vai

Bad Horise by Steve Vai is a instrumental metalish song. The name bad horsie comes from many of the sound effects created using pinch harmonics, whammy, bending ect. Steve Vai uses these to create the sound effect of a horsie wailing which is where the name "Bad Horsie" comes from.

What I do to create the correct sound is ether the G, B or high E string, make a very high pitched pinch harmonic then immedatley bend very far up then slowly release the bend and as you are releasing quickly go up and down on the whammy bar and when doing this try to mute all other strings.

Its a hard technique to master but practice it enough and you'll get it.

...for the tab for this song, click here