Another important rhythm figure is the quarter note triplet, which is three quarter notes played in the time of two. This means it is possible to play two quarter note triplets in a bar of * time.
This is a difficult rhythm to play at first. Try working up to it by first playing a bar of eighth note triplets, then accent the parts of each beat where the quarter note triplets would fall and finally play the quarter note triplets on their own.
Here is a lick which makes use of quarter note triplets with double stops (two notes played together).
Here is a new lead guitar solo which uses lots of note bending. It also contains hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides. All the notes come from pattern 1 and pattern 1 extension. The timing of this solo is based on the shuffle rhythm and it contains both eighth note triplets and quarter note triplets. The second and third notes of the first triplet are both played with the first finger of the left hand using the half bar rolling technique.