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12-06-2012, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BigEarl  Yes, when I was a much younger man I played with so many lousy drummers I got into the habit of tapping the strings between notes just to help me keep a decent rhythm.
Now I can't stop doing it and, to be honest, sometimes it drives me nuts! | This is the reason I do it as well. |
12-06-2012, 12:06 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Horsham, Pa | | | I'm not sure I should admit this in a public forum, but...I was playing them before I knew what they were or that I was even doing it. I found out when I was given a compliment on it.
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12-06-2012, 12:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | More so than I ever realized.
FWIW, the not-so-popular white foam packing peanuts are actually ghost turds.
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12-06-2012, 12:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belleville,New Jersey USA | | | Sure do doesn't everyone?
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12-06-2012, 12:39 PM
| | | | If you ever played w/ out a drummer in a live situation i think ghost notes happen w/ out thinking about it,, dead air is just dead air and sounds very dead ,,at times too quiet or dead,, the more you play i think the more you will do it,, of course the next post will tell ya different so thats ok too |
12-06-2012, 01:11 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | I do when it's appropriate to the genre.
Not so much with a walking bass line in jazz, or Bach.  |
12-06-2012, 01:13 PM
|  | It's all just waves, man. | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orange County, CA | | | OMG YES. All the time, in the right band context (i.e. R&B/funk/soul).
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12-06-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzdogg Not so much with a walking bass line in jazz, or Bach. | Bach..no.
Walking bass? I hear them a lot...especially those Tripletted drops.
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12-06-2012, 01:29 PM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | From time to time, yes. Depends entirely on the genre/style of music I'm playing.
For rock playing, I rarely use ghost notes. But for any kind of uptempo, highly-rhythmic playing (i.e funk/soul/R&B), then yes, definitely. 
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12-06-2012, 01:51 PM
| | | | Like many others it depends on the genre. They're pretty much required for funk or r&b. Not so much for rock and not at all for classical.
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12-06-2012, 01:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anasleim, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazzdogg I do when it's appropriate to the genre.
Not so much with a walking bass line in jazz, or Bach. | Okay, not with Bach...but not when you walk? Walking bass is a great place for ghost notes! |
12-06-2012, 02:03 PM
| | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimK Bach..no.
Walking bass? I hear them a lot...especially those Tripletted drops. | Tripletted drops, yes. Walking quarter-notes, not so much. |
12-06-2012, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Airy, North Carolina | | | I use 'Em. Not so much for walking. Some times I prefer the Greasy approach when I walk(Think Southbound) |
12-06-2012, 02:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | All the time. Especially with funk, or when I want to accent the holes in the groove. |
12-07-2012, 06:39 AM
|  | Half Hip, Half Hick | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tennessee | | Well Put! I love 'em. Quote:
Originally Posted by elgecko Ghost notes are very much a part of my style. It lets my inner percussionist out. | |
12-07-2012, 06:03 PM
|  | Dangerous User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fort Wayne, IN | | | I ain't afraid a no ghost notes.
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12-07-2012, 06:47 PM
|  | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | I use them. They can be a sweet percussive lead-in to a new direction on a riff or can be more effective than a note of silence at times. I find I generally only use them when playing fast and hard, when a song is really steam-rolling along. Sometimes a ghost note will be a single, sometimes 3-4 16th notes in duration.
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12-07-2012, 06:48 PM
| | | | constantly. in fact, I eschew actual notes for them. I don't even fret with my left hand so much as just precisely positional muting.
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12-07-2012, 06:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kent Island, Md. | | | I spent 15 years as a drummer so playing ghost notes seems very natural to me. I sometimes have a problem that I overuse it.
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12-08-2012, 12:53 AM
| | | | I use a pretty decent bit of then. Just adds a little texture in there!
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