The Sixteenth Note Triplet
There are twenty four sixteenth note triplets in one bar of time.
If we follow the triplet rule then three sixteenth note triplets are played in the same time as two sixteenth notes. Sixteenth note triplets are written thus:
A fill using sixteenth note triplets is played in bar two of this example.
The following fill uses both paradiddle-diddle and single stroke stickings.
This example introduces a new hi-hat rhythm comprising eighth note and sixteenth note triplets. It is commonly used in slow blues tunes.
The following example contains a more syncopated bass drum rhythm.
Sixteenth note triplets are introduced into the snare drum part of this example.
This example introduces sixteenth note triplets to the bass drum line.
The Sixteenth Note Triplet Rest
This is a sixteenth note triplet rest and indicates silence for the count of one sixteenth note triplet.
This example contains syncopated bass drum and snare drum parts which incorporate the sixteenth note triplet.
This example contains a syncopated hi-hat rhythm and a fill in the last two beats of bar two.
In this example a foot closed hi-hat plays quarter note triplets.
Here the quarter note triplets are displaced by an eighth note triplet rest.
