ive almost finished a metal book, but has nothing on ghost notes..do they have other names or something?

what are they actually?

i think you mean a note that is fretted but not actually played

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maybe i dunno.. isnt that just a weird hammer on? i see them in tabs all the time

usually written like ---(7)--- in tabs

notes that are fretted without being picked are legato
ghost notes are quiet, quick notes which little effort is put into playing, but give the impression that something is there, i cant think of an example right now...

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a ghost note is when you put your fingers on the strings but don't actually push them down, then just strum the strings. Its just that little "clicking" sound.

my guitar teacher refers to pinch harmonics as ghost notes

your guitar teacher is wrong, pinch harmonics an ghost notes are 2 different things

indeed they are.

i thought ghost notes were when you carried a note over from a previous bar????!!?!!?!!!!?!??!?!?!!!?!?!?11/

I think this is probably the best description up to now.

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sort of like the tablature equivalent of a tied note(s).

Actually theyre the same but different. A ghost note is produced when you play a pincch harmonic. a pinch harmonic is actually two nates not just one, you still have the original note that was fretted sound as well as the same note in a higher pitch that rings through clearer than th original note but its still there as a ghost not.

Ghost Note: A note played but not intentional., A note felt but not heard., played quieter than the rest of the note surrounding it.

Im done typing.

P.S. Your all correct.

interesting

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a pinch harmonic is an artificial harmonic, and a harmonic is basically just a note devoid of all the "impurities" that you hear if you strum it (i.g. vibrations on the frets, bridge, etc). You see, a lot is going on in a note decibal and wave-wise as well, and a harmonic is just a pure note. How could a ghost note and a pinch harmonic be the same thing?

Have you ever seen the waves a pinch harmonic has.
Check them out record some into any cheap old recording software.
The wave is insanley messed up.

Why... there are more than one tone being picked up through your recorder. High and low frequencies.

Check it out.

Or just learn to use your ears.

this is a perfect example of a ghost note, in The Haunted's Privation of Faith Inc. tab.. where the muted note on the 1st fret (in the intro) carries over.

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if ghost notes are sort of like pinch harmonics, then what about ghost note power chords

ghost notes are not anything like pinch harmonics. but when you play a pinch harmonic a ghost note is produced.

As to your other ? there are more than one type of ghost note so youll have to be more specific

those are tied notes.

A harmonic is NOT a note that is devoid of all impurities. That is the stupidest answer I've ever heard.

When a string vibrates, the main tone you hear is generated by nodes (fixed points) at the ends of the string. The sound you hear is called the FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY. If you fret the guitar at the 12th fret, you hear a tone an octave higher, because you've cut the string length in half. The nodes are still right at the ends, but the string is now shorter. When you do a natural harmonic at the 12th fret, you create a fake node in the middle of the string, and the string vibrates at half its length on both side of the node, eliminating its ability to vibrate at the fundamental frequency. This is why the identical tone is generated as fretting at the 12th fret.

You can divide the string into THREE equal segments by making a natural harmonic at the 5th or 19th frets, and this generates a tone that is two octaves above the fundamental.

Pinch harmonics are generated by the fact that you can further subdivide a string into equal parts, or other multiples, by using your thumb to create a node in very special places on the guitar.

I'm right; you're wrong.

And now for the definition of a ghost note!

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I can't see it!!

I have a really weird mixed idea of what ghost notes are so far, so I think I'm gonna search on google.

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that's what i've found on a Jazz site:

A ghost note can be played by fretting a note, but not picking it. Ghost notes are barely audible, but they do a lot to the feel of the music.

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Okay then, a few other people said that. I like straight forward definitions.

I want to let everybody know that I trust most jazz sites, like the Official Allan Holdsworth website.

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