How to not suck at ghost notes 👻🥁

Ghost notes 👻🎶 Crucial technique to learn!

Here are two things I always teach my students to set them up for ghost note success. 💪

✅ 1. Keep your "resting position" close to the snare drum.

You can't play ghost notes properly if there's too much travel distance.

After hitting a snare accent, focus on controlling the rebound and then "hovering" just an inch or so above the snare drum.

This will allow you to drop your wrist for a quick ghost note or two, without first having to move your hand and slamming the brakes. 💪

✅ 2. Increase your dynamic range.

Ghost note vs. accent separation is KEY! 🗝️

If your accents aren't that loud, and your ghost notes aren't very quiet, everything will blend together and kinda sound the same... No bueno.

The harder you are able to hit your accents, the more "dynamic room" you give your ghost notes.

Be INTENTIONAL with your notes! Accents should be loud, ghost notes should be quiet.

Avoid the blurry grey area in between, and your drumming will sound much cleaner. 👌

📍 SAVE THIS VIDEO and work on these tips next time you practice! 💪

There's a lot more to say about ghost notes...

Like where to put them in your fills or grooves.

Or how to practice playing them faster.

But we'll discuss that in a future video instead. ✌️

👀 So keep an eye out, and remember to subscribe if you want more drum lessons and tips in your feed. 🙏

[sirosvaziri]

Ghost notes 👻🎶 Crucial technique to learn!

Here are two things I always teach my students to set them up for ghost note success. 💪

✅ 1. Keep your "resting position" close to the snare drum.

You can't play ghost notes properly if there's too much travel distance.

After hitting a snare accent, focus on controlling the rebound and then "hovering" just an inch or so above the snare drum.

This will allow you to drop your wrist for a quick ghost note or two, without first having to move your hand and slamming the brakes. 💪

✅ 2. Increase your dynamic range.

Ghost note vs. accent separation is KEY! 🗝️

If your accents aren't that loud, and your ghost notes aren't very quiet, everything will blend together and kinda sound the same... No bueno.

The harder you are able to hit your accents, the more "dynamic room" you give your ghost notes.

Be INTENTIONAL with your notes! Accents should be loud, ghost notes should be quiet.

Avoid the blurry grey area in between, and your drumming will sound much cleaner. 👌

📍 SAVE THIS VIDEO and work on these tips next time you practice! 💪

There's a lot more to say about ghost notes...

Like where to put them in your fills or grooves.

Or how to practice playing them faster.

But we'll discuss that in a future video instead. ✌️

👀 So keep an eye out, and remember to subscribe if you want more drum lessons and tips in your feed. 🙏

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[SamiK]

I'm sooo buying one groove-pack from your website. I love how easy-to-learn the videos are. Im not good at reading sheet-music, so the fact that your videos are also slowed down makes it much easier to learn. Thanks mate!

[shane_]

"How many times did you let this video loop in the background?"
Me: "Yes"

[johngarvey]

Your grooves are outmatched only by the sweet sweet sound of that kit 😮

[diegocalero]

SIMILAR TO WHAT IT TOUCHES GENE HOGLAN IN (ZERO TOLERANCE)
FROM DEATH ALBUM (SYMBOLIC)

[stephanmarcouxdrums]

Traditional grip for me, this is for matched grip players

[Topjunkie-rs]

Very nice. What in the effin snare is that? Beautiful

[migcarlos]

Is there a way to play ghost notes or atleast practice it without having actual drums? I play on an electronic drum made with just rubber and its practically impossible to play good sounding ghost notes or even ghost notes on it. What I usually do is just subtly add a small smack on the rubber drum but sometimes it registers it as way too powerful that it plays the snare sound or it just doesn't play the snare sound. It's so confusing

[sleuth]

What snare is that? I've always preferred metal snares over wood ones bc they always seem to get a better crack.

[jaymakak]

Jeff Porcaro would approve this as the updated version of Rosanna.

[GeorgeJacobson-zx]

Ghost knots are streaming how to play.

[Davemesserjr]

I was taught tokeep stiking under hh o ce i got that ghosts were awsomely great