The Triplet

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Course: Rock Drumming Method

The Triplet

A Triplet is a group of three notes played in the same time as two notes of the same kind. The most common triplets are eighth note triplets, indicated by a curved line with the figure 3 above it.

The triplet is used frequently in rock drumming and jazz drumming, whether it be played as a fill (using snare and tom-toms and rolling around them), or various combinations between your hands and feet on the bass drum, and hi-hat.

Just as eighth notes are played smoothly when joined together, e.g.,

triplets are played smoothly also, e.g.:

Try these exercises going from eighth notes for 1 bar to triplet notes for second bar, using the bass drum to help you keep time.

Exercises using eighth note triplets.

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1- The Bossa Nova 2- INTRODUCTION 3- Time Signatures - Simple and compound time 4- Rudiment No. 7 The Single Paradiddle 5- Rolls 6- Rudiment No. 10 The Seven Stroke Roll 7- Rudiment No. 12 The Ten Stroke Roll 8- Rudiment No. 14 The Thirteen Stroke Roll 9- Rudiment No. 16 The Double Paradiddle 10- Rudiment No. 18 The Drag (or ruff) 11- Rudiment No. 23 The Single Ratamacue 12- The Four Stroke Ruff 13- + Time 14- Latin American Beats 15- The Mambo 16- Rudiment No. 4 The Flam Tap 17- Introduction to Jazz and independence 18- Advanced Independence Studies 19- Jazz Fills Using The Swing Beat 20- Rock Beats Using Sixteenth Notes On The Hi-hat or Cymbal in * Time. 21- Disco Beats 22- Disco Beat Variations 23- LESSON FORTY-SIX 24- Rock Beats Using Sixteenth Note Triplets 25- Syncopated Rock Beats 26- Additional Beat Studies 27- Introduction Fills 28- Tuning 29- Groups 30- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS 31- Drum Rudiments 32- Right and Left Hand Exercises 33- Quarter Notes and Rests 34- Eighth Notes 35- LESSON FOUR 36- Snare Drum Studies 37- Syncopation 38- ^ Time 39- Sixteenth Notes (Or Semi Quavers) 40- Exercises Around The Drums 41- Fills 42- Eighth And Sixteenth Note Combinations 43- Advanced Fills 44- Dotted Eighth And Sixteenth Notes 45- Rudiment No. 2 The Single Stroke Roll 46- Accents 47- Sixteenth Note 48- The Triplet 49- The Shuffle Rhythm 50- Quarter Note Cymbal Patterns 51- Rhythm Review 52- Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Note Rock Beats 53- Sixteenth Note Rests 54- Dotted Notes 55- Rudiment No. 17 The Flam paradiddle-Diddle 56- Troubleshooting 57- Copying Beats And Fills From Recordings 58- Seating 59- Choosing The Drum Sticks 60- Practice Pads 61- Holding the Drum Sticks 62- Rudiments of Music

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The Triplet

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