Description
Notes From John
BPM = 115. The chart opens with overdriven open-string triplets, marked to simulate a monster laughing. The verses chug muted power chords, the choruses go skank style, and the riff doubles the keyboard. The outro ends on full bends.
For the player
The 1984 record credits guitars to Ray Parker Jr., with Brian Fairweather on rhythm and lead rock guitar, and this part folds in some keyboard and rhythm lines too. Go with a light overdrive rather than a distortion pedal so the gain breaks up the way John hears it. The part moves from the single-note riff to muted chugs, the skank chorus and the bend licks, so ride each gear change. Keep the quarter-step chorus bends small and save the full bends for the outro. At BPM = 115 the job is the feel.
Lead Guitar Sheet Music for “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.
Lead Guitar Tablature for “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.
