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Triplet Fun!

Chris Feener
AdvancedAny styleRhythm 4 lessons3m

Hey everyone! This month, we're taking a look at triplets. Triplets (like any other tuplet) offer a very distinct rhythmic sound. The focus of this month's tutorial is taking our triplet runs to the next level; creating sub-divisions within a triplet phrase. I've devised six different approaches to a descending pattern in Am, using groupings of three, four, five, six, seven and nine. The main thing to pay close attention to while practicing and performing these runs, is to never deviate from keeping that "bouncy" triplet feel. These patterns will help you to think differently about being too reliant on the first note of each down-beat being the starting point of a new sequence.

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  1. 1 1:08 Lesson · 1m Triplet Fun! - Introduction Hey everyone! This month, we're taking a look at triplets. Triplets (like any other tuplet) offer a very distinct rhythmic sound. The focus of this month's tutorial is taking our triplet runs to the next... Tab Guitar Pro
  2. 2 0:36 Lesson · 1m Triplet Fun! - Threes, Fours and Fives Threes For the first exercise, we're just descending in groups of three - down three, up one, down three, up one, etc. This is a fairly common descending approach to scalar passages. Fours Here, we get our... Tab
  3. 3 0:37 Lesson · 1m Triplet Fun! - Sixes, Sevens and Nines Sixes Groups of sixes in a triplet feel should feel and sound rather natural due to it being a mutiple of three. The lick itself is a tad tricky due to the quick "back and forth" motion, but keep in mind that... Tab
  4. 4 0:33 Backing track · 1m Triplet Fun! - Backing Track Here's the backing track, folks. Have fun with this! Tab

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