The Triplet
An eighth note triplet is a group of three evenly spaced notes played within 1 beat. Eighth note triplets are indicated by three eighth notes with the number 3 written either above or below the group.
Sometimes the triplet has a bracket or a curved line around the number 3. The eighth note triplets are played with a third of a beat each. Triplets are easy to understand once you have heard them played.
This example uses a constant stream of triplets on the chords played by the right hand.
Here is a 12 bar Blues pattern which makes use of triplets. Notice the left hand part in this example. This bass line is common in a Country style known as Western Swing.
Class Sessions
1- Other Keys, 16th Notes, Putting it all Together
2- New Rhythms, Chords and Sounds
3- The 12 Bar Blues
4- The Triplet
5- Swing Rhythms
6- Blue Notes
7- 3rd Intervals
8- Seventh Chords
9- Using Seventh Chords
10- Basic Country Sounds
11- The Key of G
12- Bass Runs
13- The Major Pentatonic Scale
14- Sixteenth Notes
15- Grace Notes
16- Putting it all Together
17- Notes on the Piano
18- Inversions and Arpeggios
19- Using Chords for Accompaniment
20- Chord Inversions
21- Left Hand Variations
22- Alternating Bass Style
23- Eighth Note Rhythms
24- Two Handed Accompaniment
25- INTRODUCTION
26- The Chords C, F and G
27- The C7 Chord
28- The C Major Chord
29- D Major Chord Inversions
30- Broken Chords
31- Syncopation
32- Enharmonic Notes
33- The Shuffle
34- C Major Chord Inversions
35- Chord Charts
36- Easy Chord Table
37- The G Major Chord
38- The Blues Scale in G
39- The D7 Chord
40- G Major Chord Inversions
41- The F Major Chord
42- The F7 Chord
43- F Major Chord Inversions