Dead note

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A dead note or ghost note on the guitar is a tone that does not have a precisely defined pitch , but rather is tantamount to a dull clack.

generation

A dead note is created by not pressing the string down onto the fingerboard of the instrument when striking it , but just touching it with the index, middle finger or the whole palm of the hand and thereby damping it. The string is struck in the normal way by plucking, playing a plectrum or slapping on the electric bass .

notation

Dead notes are marked with an "x" on the staff or in the tablature . B. with the electric bass on the line on which the open string would normally stand. But it is still regarded as a counting time.