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I'm trying to figure out how you play ghost notes from drum tabs...

What exactly does it mean to play a "ghost note"? Does that mean you don't play it? If so, why would you put a "ghost note" in the tab?

Edit:

ghost note - its a note played softer than the main note.

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If by play you mean make spastic motions with my arms and legs in no rhythmic fashion at all, then yes, I can play the drums.
 
a ghost note is mainly used when indicating a motion to keep time. It's a note that is played, but isn't actually played. Let me elaborate:

so if you have four straight sixteenth notes, and the second note is 'ghost ie o[]oo, it isn't played as oooo but rather as o-oo, an eight followed by two sixteenths is how it sounds, whereas it should appear as four continuous notes.

This is done for a variety of reason, a big one style. But it also is a useful tool for keeping time. Remember style/visual showmanship is a big part of drumming too. Knowing when the artist is doing a visual style is as important as knowing what he is actually playing.
any more questions? 🙂
 
actually in the Mike Portnoy liquid dream theater dvd he calls the light hits on his snare ghost notes. sounds to me like your above definition is basically just rests.
 
So the question becomes how come they don't just tab it like an 8th note and then two sixteenths?? Also, visually it looks like the drummer plays this note, but isn't actually playing it..??

I can't seem to find the de facto definition of what exactly to do with "Ghost Notes"... I'm confused.
 
I have known a ghost note to be a short, very quiet note.
Usually played with another note to get a fuller sound but to keep focus on the main note played.
 
I ghost note is a note that is herd but isn't exactally intentionally played or just a very little fill. Ghost notes just add a little flavor to whatever your doin.
 
i think ghost notes are intended to fill space. They do make sounds, only light sounds. I think it may go something like this. You have a 4 beat pattern. The snare hits on 2 and 4, and the kick hits on 1. you have beat 3 open so you might do a successive two 8th note ghost roll to fill that space. I think its called a ghost because the hit ghosts the note right before it? Kind of like on a shltty tv when you have a ghost image, its still there, just not as noticable as the primary picture.
 
i marched in a drum and bugle corp, and that is how i was taught ghost notes. When i play set, i just transfered that over, though i guess it makes sense it'd be different. Sorry if my advice was misleading, i didnt' say the stick doesn't hit the drum? 😉
 
i can play rock and metal, i tried to learn rudiment but i play more by ear and suck at reading music
 
Originally posted by: oogabooga
i marched in a drum and bugle corp, and that is how i was taught ghost notes. When i play set, i just transfered that over, though i guess it makes sense it'd be different. Sorry if my advice was misleading, i didnt' say the stick doesn't hit the drum? 😉
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that's what i learned too... but i know when it comes to the set, it does mean a really light note, i usually equate it to those times when i see the drummer hitting the snare head, but it's not audible over everything else.

btw, did you march a DCI corps?? if so, which one??
 
Originally posted by: iotone
Originally posted by: oogabooga
i marched in a drum and bugle corp, and that is how i was taught ghost notes. When i play set, i just transfered that over, though i guess it makes sense it'd be different. Sorry if my advice was misleading, i didnt' say the stick doesn't hit the drum? 😉
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that's what i learned too... but i know when it comes to the set, it does mean a really light note, i usually equate it to those times when i see the drummer hitting the snare head, but it's not audible over everything else.

btw, did you march a DCI corps?? if so, which one??
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Yes, which one?
 
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