karlplaysbass Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 hey everyone ive just started playing ghost notes and im adding them to my grooves and i was just wondering if anyone had some good exercise or good songs to cover to get more used to them? cheers Quote
JTUK Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Search out 'the chicken' by Jaco for a good intro on this Quote
dadofsix Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Interesting. I had to watch a YouTube video to see what a ghost note was. I've been doing this (playing ghost notes) for nearly forty years, for feel and adding presence in the song, but I never knew that what I was doing was called "playing ghost notes" until today. lol Quote
darren Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 This is where I started... http://youtu.be/s72wZ87tTxk Quote
kusee pee Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Loads of Duran Duran. Rio, of course, and Last Chance on the Stairway are particularly good. Quote
spectoremg Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 [quote name='dadofsix' timestamp='1429368664' post='2750865'] Interesting. I had to watch a YouTube video to see what a ghost note was. I've been doing this (playing ghost notes) for nearly forty years, for feel and adding presence in the song, but I never knew that what I was doing was called "playing ghost notes" until today. lol [/quote]Me too! Quote
Lozz196 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1429399236' post='2751147'] Me too! [/quote] And me. I find that when people are mentioning many techniques/scales etc, I already know how to play them, I just didn`t know that`s what they were called. Edited April 19, 2015 by Lozz196 Quote
visog Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Try searching for exercises around the term 'finger funk'. Jaco is legendary at this but so is Francis Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power fame. Also look out for Matt Garrison's four-finger application of groove playing with ghosts notes if you want to achieve hyper-speed (and get fired from most normal bands) Quote
Bilbo Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 A lot of ghost notes are just the notes between the notes you actually play. A lot of it comes perfectly naturally. Quote
spectoremg Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 'Passing notes', now they're my speciality Quote
visog Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Whoa hold on there - passing notes are entirely different to ghost notes. Passing notes are gliss's or commonly chromatic connecting notes in a line or melody. Ghost notes are notes that have a rhythm value but no pitch as they're muted or otherwise not sounded. Make sense? Quote
visog Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Both are good though in the context of a great line... Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 I started woth Too Young To Die and When You Gonna Learn by Jamiroquai. Fairly easy lines to play but the ghost notes really brings them to life and makes them sound a whole lot funkier. In between learning songs I would practice playing scales with ghost notes. I feel it helped a lot. Now my playing is littered with ghost notes :-) Quote
White Cloud Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Percy Jones is a fine purveyor of the veritable ghost note. Quote
BILL POSTERS Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1429399236' post='2751147'] Me too! [/quote] And me. Just comes naturally doesnt it ? Quote
spectoremg Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 [quote name='visog' timestamp='1429457047' post='2751534'] Whoa hold on there - passing notes are entirely different to ghost notes. Passing notes are gliss's or commonly chromatic connecting notes in a line or melody. Ghost notes are notes that have a rhythm value but no pitch as they're muted or otherwise not sounded. Make sense? [/quote]I meant bum notes. Were you being ironic about my irony? Quote
RandomBass Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 I try to avoid ghost notes because they tend to scare me. I thank you Quote
ryan0583 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) [media]http://youtu.be/uUyuGjLy4BQ[/media] Edited April 19, 2015 by ryan0583 Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429468280' post='2751665'] I try to avoid ghost notes because they tend to scare me. I thank you [/quote] Nice. Edited April 19, 2015 by Funky Dunky Quote
FuNkShUi Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 [quote name='visog' timestamp='1429454470' post='2751497'] Francis Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power fame. [/quote] Great point of reference. Jamiroquai stuff is rammed full of them too Quote
ras52 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429468280' post='2751665'] I try to avoid ghost notes because they tend to scare me. I thank you [/quote] I'd rather have a piece of toast... Quote
cameltoe Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Check out Marlowedk on YouTube. He throws ghost notes into almost every groove, and slows it all down so you can see what he's doing. Quote
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