The Eighth Note Triplet
If we follow the previous rule, it can be seen that there are twelve eighth notes in one bar of * time.
E.g., if 6=8 then one bar of eighth note triplets is as follows:
The following pattern uses eighth note triplets on the hi-hat and is commonly played in slow blues tunes. This hi-hat pattern is often referred to as + time, (see Section Three - The Twelve Eight Feel).
The Eighth Note Triplet Rest
This is an eight note triplet rest and indicates silence for the count of one eighth note triplet.
The next two examples vary the bass drum rhythm.
The snare drum rhythm is varied in this example.
This example features a fill during the last two beats of bar two.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Swinging a Groove
3- Sixteenth Notes
4- The Sixteenth Note Triplet
5- The Quarter Note
6- Triplets
7- The Eighth Note
8- Explanation of Notation
9- Second Line
10- The Dot
11- The Eighth Note Triplet
12- Syncopation
13- The Drum Fill
14- Open and Closed Hi-Hats
15- Buzz Stroke
16- Rudiments of music
17- The Quarter Note Triplet
18- Triplet Subdivision
19- Time Signatures
20- The Twelve Eight Feel
21- The Flam
22- The Shuffle Rhythm
23- Repeat Signs
24- The Paradiddle
25- The Tie
26- Note Values
27- Anticipation
28- Understanding Note Values
29- The Paradiddle-diddle
30- The Metronome