Ghost note???

[beautiful_dae]

Hi all,
I been playin with a tabs and there a that is (8) and i wonder what is it. I search a few website and it stated that it is a ghost note. Ghost note??? What is it??? That is also a thing call ghost bend.is ghost bend same as prebend or release bend. I really appreciate all helps!!!

[Josh Redstone]

I dont know for sure, because gohst note is not a real term, but I think its either a hammer on or pull off, or a grace note. Not sure tough. I hate tab anyway.

[Hannu]

I'd like to know also.
I guess its something that you can play but you dont have to. The tab maker isn's sure if he hears the note in the record or not...

ok I dont know it..:(

[Josh Redstone]

I thinks its an internet term, one that gets tossed around so much that it gets all confused, like when people mix up artificial harmonics and pinch harmonics.

[jaytee]

http://www.guitarlodge.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1715&highlight=ghost

try reading this thread from the past....if you still need more.....try searching the forums for the word "ghost"...there are a few more threads about this.....or even try another site like olga or wholenote or any of the many that give free guitar lessons....

--jt

[MetallicaGirl]

A ghost note is a note that is played a lot softer than the other notes in the piece, sometimes so soft that it's hard to tell what note it is.

[suppaenitetere]

I've always heard that a ghost note is an implied note. For example if you you had

--5b(7)--

its saying bend the five so that it sounds like a 7-even though you're not actually playing the seven. They can also be used for letting things ring out, kind of a cheap version of time in tab.

[strummin-a-g]

ghost note is a term that drummers use. We say that it is a note that is played lighter, almost unnoticable, yet there. I would like to know what it is though....

I agree with MetallicaGirl....

s-a-g

[MetallicaGirl]

Yeah, I never knew it was also a guitar term until recently.

[strummin-a-g]

so has anybody figured out what the term means?

s-a-g

[MetallicaGirl]

yeah...like I said before, it's a note played extremely softly. It's just another technique or form of expression for the musician.

[Josh Redstone]

Internet terminology. I dislike it much.