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38.6Level 2 — ghosted attacks
A ghosted note is an extremely light, almost percussive attack.
On piano, think:
rhythmically present, harmonically unimportant.
For example:
strong F on beat 1
very light F on a of 1
strong F on & of 2.
The soft attack helps shape the groove.