The album puts rhythm at the forefront, with irresistible, heavy-hitting beats underlying the group’s wild, rich music. With the release of 2018’s Swagism, Ghost-Note has made their mission clear. With an expansive roster of next-level musicians-representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more-the band is pushing funk music into the future, building on the uplifting, pioneering foundations laid out by the likes of James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone and infusing their fresh take with tastes of afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore, and more. Some recognizable examples of this technique are Clyde Stubblefield’s beat in “Cold Sweat” by James Brown and Jeff Porcaro playing the opening beat for the Toto hit “Rosanna.Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. much softer than surrounding notes: (note head in brackets).significantly softer than surrounding notes: ( ) (note head in parentheses).slightly softer than surrounding notes: u (breve).Percussion music in particular makes use of anti-accent marks, as follows: Moreover, there exists a set of anti-accent marks to show gradation more specifically. This produces a subtle 16th-note feel around a strong back beat or certain accents.” The term ghost note, then, can have various meanings. According to The Drummer’s Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, the purpose of a ghost note is to “…be heard under the main sound of the groove. In musical notation, ghost notes are indicated in parenthesis surrounding the note. In drumming, a ghost note is played at very low volume, and typically on a snare drum.
Much like keeping time on the hi-hat, ghost notes fill in the space between the upbeats and downbeats and add flavor to the phrasing. I still struggle with them from time to time but the effect of ghost notes enhancing grooves is undeniable. One of the most challenging expressions in drumming is the effective use of ghost notes.
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