Steve Harris Triplets

[JacosTacos]

m-i-m m-i-m m-i-m m-i-m

OR

m-i-m i-m-i m-i-m i-m-i


I've gotten the first method up to speed, but I really think the second would use less energy...how do you guys play them?

Up the Irons!

[Ironderby]

if the index is 1.
Middle finger is 2.
Ring finger is 3.

i go

3-1-2--3-1-2--3-1-2.
Weird, but very comfortable and easier imo, and yeah thats another thing 3 fingers=way easier, way more speed, way more stamina

[sammyp]

i tend to use the 1st pattern m-i-m m-i-m although i'm moving to the 3 finger technique .... a (3rd) - m - i

for the sake of theory ....the gallop is not a triplet ...it's based on 16th notes

1 (e) + a , 2 (e) + a

all 16th notes are played except the 2nd after the down beat - e

[ShredderMaximus]

Before I started playing with 3 fingers, it was m-i-m i-m-i m-i-m i-m-i.

[Mayers]

I do m-i-m-i-m-i-m or r-m-i-r-m-i

and for the record his signature rythm pattern isn't a triplet it is a galop two 16th notes and a 8th note.

[cyprus]

I use second method: m-i-m-i-m-i-m-i.
Had never even thought of the first.


Just tried the first method real quick.
I need more practice, but my mind can't seem to get that. Keeps trying to go to the second. Makes more sense to me to alternate fingers, its faster, and more natural for me. I don't have to think about it at all.

[maxgrant]

Originally Posted by Mayers

I do m-i-m-i-m-i-m or r-m-i-r-m-i

and for the record his signature rythm pattern isn't a triplet it is a galop two 16th notes and a 8th note.

I think you mean two coconuts banged together. That's a gallop.



The only other question is were they brought to us by African or European swallows?

[TC2112]

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

[naruki]

I angle my hand so that the tips of my middle 3 fingers are parallel to the strings in the most comfortable fingering position for each finger, then:

ring-middle-index ring-middle-index ring-middle-index ring-middle-index ring-middle-index

Feels really natural to me.

[bassophil]

I'm pretty sure Steve plays m-i-m-i-m-i-m because m-m-i-m-m-i-m would physically be more limiting in terms of speed.

Then again, 3 fingers has the least limits and is way easier...

EDIT: funny that most people start with the ring or middle finger. I always thought starting with the index finger is "more natural"

[Hellbastard]

When I play the trooper, the gallop part, I play it like this M m i M m i

[bobm2112]

I always played I-M Never thought about it, that's the way It came naturally.

[Jazz Ad]

The more you listen to Steve Harris, the more you're amazed by the command he's got of his style. It always perfectly fits the ambiance of the song.

[Gyver]

M-I-M / I-M-I / M-I-M / I-M-I and so on until tendonitis sets in!

[ZH_Driver]

Doesn't Steve Harris usually use a pick on his flatwounds...?

[Epitaph04]

No.

[Warfender]

Originally Posted by ZH_Driver

Doesn't Steve Harris usually use a pick on his flatwounds...?

That is what I was thinking.

Jamerson would do just one finger, what's all the fuss..lol

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

For not so fast stuff (like "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner", for instance), I use I-I-M. For songs like "The Trooper" or "Run To The Hills" I use strict alternation, starting with my index finger.

Originally Posted by Mayers

and for the record his signature rythm pattern isn't a triplet it is a galop two 16th notes and a 8th note.

More exactly, one 8th note followed by two 16ths.

[mr.black]

Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

Before I started playing with 3 fingers, it was m-i-m i-m-i m-i-m i-m-i.

ditto.

[maxgrant]

Originally Posted by bassophil

EDIT: funny that most people start with the ring or middle finger. I always thought starting with the index finger is "more natural"

My middle finger is like 10x louder than my first finger. I always lead with it.