Ghost Notes

Lesson 10/40 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Metal Bass Technique
Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes

Ghost notes are notes achieved by dampening a string with your left hand while playing it. They have no distinguishable pitch, and are represented with an :. To dampen the string, lightly place your left hand fingers on it without pressing down.

Be careful not to produce any ringing sound (called a harmonic [see page 21] or to produce a hammered-on note).

For ease of playing, dampen the string in the same area of the fretboard as you are playing the other (fretted) notes.

It can be seen that each ghost note corresponds with one particular string.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Symbols and Abbreviations 3- Tablature 4- The Slide (Marked Sand/or <span class="symbolB">G</span>) 5- Pull-offs (PO) 6- Hammer-on and Pull-offs Combination 7- Hammer-on and Pull-offs Tremolo 8- Vibrato(indicated <span class="symbolA"></span>) 9- Ghost Notes 10- Combining Hammer-on and Ghost Notes 11- Dampening 12- Single Finger Flicking Technique 13- Strumming 14- Finger-Picking Style 15- Arpeggio Style 16- Double Stops 17- Harmonics 18- Alternating Harmonics Between Different Frets 19- Picking with the Thumb 20- Fingerstyle Playing with Dampened Strings 21- Open String/Hammer-on Combination 22- Raking Technique 23- Barring Technique 24- The Slap Technique 25- The Popping Effect(indicated P) 26- Popping Effect with the Thumb 27- Hammer-on Combination with the Slapping Technique 28- Crosshammer 29- Left Hand Hammer-ons with Double-Stops 30- Slapping Wood Technique (indicated <span class="symbolA">d</span>) 31- The Hammer-Attack (indicated by HA) 32- The Tapping Technique (right hand) (indicated <span class="symbolB">L</span>) 33- Tapping with Octaves 34- Right Hand Double-Stop Playing 35- Block Chords 36- Left Hand Double-Stop Playing 37- Double Octave Tapping 38- Chord Tapping 39- Cross Tapping 40- Tuning with Harmonics

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