Creating bass groove - Adding ghost notes
Adding groove to a bass line
Bass is essential in creating groove.
By adding 「ghost notes」to an existing phrase,
you can create more groovyness.
As the name may imply, the key point of ghost notes are
its subtlety.
「without ghost notes」
「with ghost notes」
Sound design
Adding notes between the bass line
First, create a bass line.
Pay attention to the space between the phrases, and place them before the notes.
Adjusting note length
Just simply adding notes as shown above, doesn’t create ghost notes.
We will now focus on creating「subtlety」.
By shortening the note length as shown,
it creates subtlety and becomes a “ghost note.”
Use this to accentuate the groove of your phrases.
