The Triplet
An eighth note triplet is a group of three evenly spaced notes played within one beat. Eighth note triplets are indicated by three eighth notes grouped together with the numeral 3 above or below them. The eighth note triplets are played with one third of a beat each. Triplets are easy to understand once you have heard them played.
Once you are confident counting triplets, try moving them around between the snare drum and the toms. Use alternate sticking beginning with the right hand and then reverse them. Then try one hand per drum (LLL, RRR etc)
Now try this one which uses triplets on the bass drum (right foot) and snare drum (left hand) while the right hand plays each beat on the hi-hats. This one is tricky, so take it slowly at first.
Class Sessions
1- Developing Your Technique
2- Other Time Signatures
3- Note and Rest Values
4- The Triplet
5- Using Eighth Notes
6- Sixteenths on the Hi-Hats
7- Beats Using Sixteenth Notes
8- The Dotted Quarter Note
9- Sixteenth Notes
10- Playing the Open Hi-Hats
11- INTRODUCTION
12- Playing Fills
13- Performing in Public
14- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets
15- Syncopation and Independence
16- 16 Positions for Sixteenth Notes
17- Creating Your Own Variations
18- Rock Beats
19- Notes Used in Drum Beats
20- Parts of the Drumkit
21- Sixteenth Note Figures
22- Analyzing Drum Beats
23- Playing Notes Together
24- Snare Drum Control and Triplet Independence
25- Sitting Position
26- Counting Drum Beats
27- The Shuffle Rhythm
28- Drum Stick Grip
29- How to Read Music
30- The Sixteenth Note Triplet
31- Swinging Sixteenth Notes