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After I learned how to play drums all over again. The first thing I started working on behind the kit was a basic triplet groove. If you aren’t familiar with how to play a triplet, the best way to explain it is this:
Break it down in syllables and say it out lout – TRIP – O – LET – TRIP – O – Let…. there are many different sticking techniques for a triplet, but most learn it as RLR LRL RLR LRL, where each sylabol matches one stick drop.
The triplet groove I was working on started off on just hi-hat with ghost taps (very light taps) on the snare – so it looked like this
S= Snare & H= Hi-hat
HSH HSH HSH HSH HSH HSH HSH HSH HSH
RLR RLR RLR RLR RLR RLR RLR RLR RLR – sticking
Now, you will notice that the sticking to this isn’t what I posted about…remember, I said that sticking can vary for triplets.
Once I got the triplet groove going and I could play it at different tempos , I started vocalizing over top of it – BOOM….. CRACK…… BOOM…… CRACK – it almost sounded like this:
BOOM-o-let-trip-o-let-CRACK-o-let-trip-o-let-BOOM-o-let-trip-o-let-Crack-o-let-trip-o-let.
Once the part was vocalized I just turned the vocals into an action – BOOM = Bass Drum hit and CRACK = Accented Snare Drum hit.
This groove, when complete and put together sound very similar to the beat John Bonham put down behind “Fool In The Rain.”
Once you’ve mastered this Music City Drummers has written a great article on how to practice tripelts by putting the bass drum at the front, back , and middle of the the triplet. Click Here and read the full article on Music City Drummers
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