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Original message:88 days 13 hours 3 minutes ago

Member: ibzRG

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ARGH!!!! Putting them in a groove is one thing. But actually tapping my foot and/or counting them as I play them is so freaking hard! :-S

The 1&a2&a... doesn't do it for me. Sometimes it's the '&' and some times it's the 'a' and that's pretty damm confusing and aside from that they sound so alike they become a blur...

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Reply:88 days 13 hours 2 minutes ago
Member: Alski

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I just start at a slow tempo, and then do quarter notes, eighths, and then work one more in. Then increase the tempo and repeat.

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Reply:88 days 12 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: shanejohnson2002

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In my music ed classes, we learned that different syllables seem to make things easier for our brains. Try thinking "1 la le" or even using the word "triplet" broken up..."1 oh let, 2 oh let" etc etc.

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Reply:88 days 12 hours 51 minutes ago
Member: Alski

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I sometimes find myself bobbing my head up and down to keep tempo, or clicking with my mouth. Its a bad habit, but it works, and i look ridiculous.

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Reply:88 days 12 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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If you mean bobbing and clicking AS WELL as tapping the foot, I simply can't keep that many parts of my body in different tempos (because frankly that's what triplets are).

I'm going to try the different syllables but I think ultimately I'll make up my own system that will span 2 beats (speaking of 4ths for the moment)... And it will contain 4 syllables in it. Like hit-no-pick-tap-pick-no-hit ... Something like that but easier to say.

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Reply:88 days 9 hours 57 minutes ago
Member: sallan

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That count isn't the best either...each trip should get it's own value for counting. This works for me:

1-ta-lee, 2-ta-lee, 3-ta-lee, 4-ta-lee

Also, it helps to turn a metronome on and clap, or tap the rhythms before adding the notes, and playing them on the instrument.

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Reply:88 days 7 hours 37 minutes ago
Member: pickabass

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You could think of it as 3/4 time really really fast, or you could just think of it as a really hard shuffle swing with the "one", "two" etc, being broken into 16th notes. Thats confusing. Maybe this is better. *=played like hard swing:: 1* e* & 2* e* & 3* e* & 4* e* &

Thats kind of a bad explanation though.

What really sucks is Septuplets.

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Reply:88 days 7 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: pickabass

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Once you can play spongebob (which is in 6/8), triplets will be a part of you forever.

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Reply:87 days 22 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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6/8 means I get to play eighths which I CAN count.
It's the frustration of not playing on the beats or even between the beats. Every second beat is skipped but a note is played just before and just after it.

Practice makes perfect, right? I haven't gotten around to practicing them yet. I have one or two days of free online lessons left at workshoplive and I try to watch as many as I can, take mental notes of things and practice them in my own time after the trial expires.

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Reply:87 days 18 hours 40 minutes ago
Member: DanPeck

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Check out the song "here in your bedroom" by goldfinger. Its a pretty easy triplet bass groove that really gets the feel of the triplet in your mind.

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Reply:87 days 17 hours 40 minutes ago
Member: jobabrinks

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The 'perfect' song to practice this is the intro to Stevie Ray Vaughan's Pride and Joy. If you truly have the 'groove', you should have no problem counting it out loud as well. One-and-uh, two-and-uh. I used to really lay back on the 'uh' to accentuate the swing.

Reply:74 days 3 hours 25 minutes ago
Member: Music49

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can i get a recording of triplets on a bass guitar...if you are talking about triplets on bass guitar...or are you talking about it on drums?

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Reply:74 days 3 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: Music49

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Never mind...i found a video...( http://www.expertvillage.com/video/5518_bass-guitar-slap-triplets.htm)...any one have the tabs for it?

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