Ghost notes are a form of music notation that represents rhythmic value but not pitch or timbre. ... In drum notation, ghost notes serve a slightly different purpose: They indicate a note played softly between accented beats. Other names for ghost notes include "false notes," "dead notes," and "muted notes."
Where do you put ghost notes?
Theoretically, they can be played on any part of the drum kit, but in practical terms, when we talk about ghost notes, it's almost always in reference to the snare drum, which a drummer learns to semi-consciously ghost on the 16th-notes in between eighth-note hi-hat strokes as a matter of course, since their left hand ...