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发表于 2005-3-28 16:49:00
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还在打?看这里了Ghost Notes
Ghost notes (aka "dead" notes) are muted notes - sounds that have rhythm but no pitch. They are one of the most important bass playing techniques to learn, as they can bring lots of feel to your bass lines.Ghost notes are used in all styles of bass playing. They're particularly prevalent in slap lines, funky finger grooves, walking lines. In fact, it's hard to think of a music style where they're not all that common.Ghost Note TechniqueTo play a ghost note, place a left hand (fingerboard) finger on lightly on to one of the strings, without depressing your finger all the way to the fingerboard. Then pluck the string. You should hear a "thud" or "click" sound, but no pitch.The ideal ghost note is rhythmically very solid, and has an equivalent volume to a normal note. Try alternation between a note and a ghost note on the same fret, to get the hang of it.You have to be very careful to avoid harmonics, particularly on the 5th and 7th frets. If you seem to be getting harmonics ringing rather than ghost notes, then place two fingers on the string (fingerboard hand) instead of one. This stops the strings from vibrating, and kills any harmonics.Ghost Note ExercisesBelow are some exercises and riffs to get you into playing ghost notes. If you practice these lines often enough, you will soon assimilate the technique and it will become part of your own playing style.In notation, a ghost note is indicated by a "x" instead of a normal note head. It doesn't really matter which fret space you place your fingers on for ghost notes, as you won't be getting a note anyway. It just effects the thickness of the thud that you get. Usually, the ghost notes in notation are written on the line or space where the last note with pitch was played, as this is where you will naturally want to play the ghost note.A couple of final things before you plunge into your ghost note study...i) try to make the ghost notes similar in volume to the normal notes;ii) some of the exercises include slurs or hammer-ons, indicated by an arch between two or more notes. Just pluck the first of the notes in these groups, and play the rest of them by hammering on to the fingerboard with your left hand;iii) practice all of these lines with a metronome, first set at about 65 bpm. When you start to feel comfortable at this speed, then crank it up a bit;iv) look out for the key signatures.v) Ghost notes seem to work well if you get into the habit of alternating your plucking fingers.So here we go... |
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