Triplets with 2 fingers?

[BassWindu711]

I've always done triplets with 2 fingers, I've always found it easier than 3. When I do it I actually go back and hit the string with the front side of my finger (nail side). I've seen a lot of people do 3 and I just wanna know how many people actually do it with 2?

[Sloop John D]

I use two fingers for triplets also.

[joebar]

me too-although i have never alternated fingers; one always does double duty but it works for me.

[BassWindu711]

I just feel using two fingers gives a more controlled sound.

[Clef_de_fa]

basic thing to do it with two finger alternating ...

[BassWindu711]

Thats what i do. I just use my nail side as well.

[t77mackie]

Man, when I was 16 I learned every Maiden song from 1st to 7th Son using only 2 fingers. And not like alternate picking fingerstyle using the flesh side then the nail side - just the flesh.

Then I discovered the ring finger. Happy days!

[FrednBass]

Steve Harris uses only two fingers.


I play triplets with three fingers, feels more comfortable.

[CauliColin]

I use to fingers, can't get an even sound with 3.

[KingRazor]

Whenever I play triplets I go I-M-M (index-middle-middle), as opposed to I-M-I. Just sounds more "right" to my ears.

[zeroncali]

I use 2 fingers. flesh side only. index index middle. The first time I tried galloping that is what came natural and I have always found it to be the easiest/most comfortable.

[Clef_de_fa]

What with all the Steve Harris talk ??? his sig rythm gallop isn't a triplet if is all what you think.

[gigslut]

I-M-I M-I-M I-M-I M-I-M

[BassWindu711]

I start with my middle. M-I-M, M-I-M. M-I-M. The 2nd M in each gallop is with my nail side. I know its pretty weird. It was just natural to me when I started learning Maiden songs.

[bloobass]

I alternate index-middle also, but I start with whichever one is next in line (if the phrase I just played ended with my middle, the triplet will start with my index)
I've always been envious of guys that can use 3 fingers with consistency (Billy Sheehan comes to mind, but he plays pretty much everything alternating 3 fingers). I want to develop it, but I end up feeling that "old dog, new trick" mentality, and fall back to what is comfortable and easiest.

[jordan2]

For me it really depends on what I'm playing. It comes down to precision vs speed.
Like if I'm play the triplets at the beginning of Donna Lee I will use two fingers but if when I am playing those fast triplets in the bass solo of my generation I will use three fingers. Stuff like that.

[morgansterne]

A lot of folks refer to eighth note followed by two sixteenths as a "triplet" since there's three notes in the beat. Technically it's not a triplet unless they're evenly divided three to the beat, but who's counting?

Not the lead guitarist, that's for sure.

[Russell L]

Originally Posted by gigslut

I-M-I M-I-M I-M-I M-I-M

I-M-I M-I-M I-M-I M-I-M, too.

[Audiophage]

Originally Posted by morgansterne

Not the lead guitarist, that's for sure.

Hey, how would the lead guitarist be able to shred if they were counting?

[darius8]

I used to do triplets with 2 fingers, now I just use my index finger and alternate picking.