Can anybody direct me to a song or example of music where I might better understand what is meant by triplet feel?
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Triplet Feel
- Thread starter Dan Kahanamoku
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YouTube - Jeff Beck - Brush with the blues
Was listening to this when I read your post
Triplet feel usually means playing 1-2-3 without emphasizing the 2.
Was listening to this when I read your post
Triplet feel usually means playing 1-2-3 without emphasizing the 2.
YouTube - Jeff Beck - Brush with the blues
Was listening to this when I read your post
Triplet feel usually means playing 1-2-3 without emphasizing the 2.
But it should work in 4/4 time right?
Yes, you basically change the tempo a bit so that you can fit three notes in the space of two.
So instead of 4/4 being 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &, you get 1 & a 2 & a, etc. Three notes per beat instead of two. Some prefer calling it 12/8 instead of 4/4 triplet feel, but it's basically the same.
any hip hop song.
Any swinging blues (Cold shot by SRV leaps to mind)
Fine example. NOT the RHCP version, the original. That whole song is 123 123 123 123....
This. I prefer to think trip-l-et instead of 1 & a because I learned "e" and "a" is a subdivision (usually 1/16)
Listen to the kick drum and overall pulse of hip hop - - then listen for a triplet with the middle beat missing...
Context is important when looking for triplet examples.
In western popular music the typical appearance of triplet feel is in the 12/8 shuffle blues feel. example: YouTube - "Backing/Jam Track #1 Blues Shuffle in A7 144 BPM"
You can count the 1,2,3,4 following the kick and snare
the hi hat and embellishments outline the "1-&-a 2 -&-a 3 -&-a 4-&-a"
at the turn around in this example the snare actually hits all 12 8th notes
It's a very close cousin or twin of Jazz swing feel YouTube - Drum Lesson, Basic Jazz Shuffle
In western popular music the typical appearance of triplet feel is in the 12/8 shuffle blues feel. example: YouTube - "Backing/Jam Track #1 Blues Shuffle in A7 144 BPM"
You can count the 1,2,3,4 following the kick and snare
the hi hat and embellishments outline the "1-&-a 2 -&-a 3 -&-a 4-&-a"
at the turn around in this example the snare actually hits all 12 8th notes
It's a very close cousin or twin of Jazz swing feel YouTube - Drum Lesson, Basic Jazz Shuffle
