I've been playing the guitar for 2 years, only started studying music theory seriously now. Been having a damn hard time with these triplets, your vids helped a LOT!! Thanks!!! :D
Thank you so much! I had to learn a song for my voice lessons quickly with quarter-note triplets and I couldn't get the hang of it from other videos until I found your video! Thank you so much!!
i think it helps when you're starting off a complicated groove and getting the hang of it. that's how eventually you get the feel of it and it becomes internalized
HI, your videos are very helpful. It seems that a more basic way of thinking of triplets is relating it to its original note---16 th notes triplets to 8th notes, 8th notes triplets to quarter notes, quarter note triplets to half notes. That's just how i think of it. It makes it more relateable.
Nice new fills!! If I could, I would have liked this a thousand times!! Lol, anyway I rewrote the whole thing with accents on all the "ah" when u count it and it sounded way better!
The way you play beginning at 1:45 in the video, accenting every other note of the triplet...that is how you play the hi-hat part to Black Velvet, by Alannah Myles. Triplets, accenting every other stroke, but triplet pattern..will accent on "1", then the "&' of the first triplet, then "e" of 2, then accent lines back up on 3. 2 bar repeat. 2,3 syncopation, takes six beat to resolve. Could also say accent is on the first beat of the First triplet, third beat of the First triplet and second beat of the Second triplet.
If you get the successful drumming pack from drumeo the quarter note triplets are explained without the other values in the excercises! A little easier. But quarter note trips are not as easy as other triplet values. I love Jared falk!
Might be too late but in your sheet music the snare drum shows as on the third bar down. I bought the beginner book from drumeo and it's it shows the snare between the second and third bar from the top. Is this just "extra space" to accomodate other pieces of the drum kit?
Good spot. Normally it is written in the second space from the top. But drum notation can vary depending on the size of the kit, in his Jared's case he has a 6 piece kit and not a standard 5 piece kit and so I suspect this space is reserved for his extra high-tom.
Here is EXACTLY how to count these in plain English: Play 1, the let of 1, the trip of 2, 3, and the let of 3, and the trip of 4. Or if you count them like he does in the video Play 1, the ah of 1, the & of 2, 3, the ah of 3, and the & of 4. Hope this helps someone
Question... Shouldn't Jared use something else besides & ah for the 8th note trips...because isn't & ah reserved for 16th notes, like 1 ee & ah.....So if you do 1 & ah...you're really saying 3 16th notes with the 2nd one as a rest. The time between two 16ths is short than between two triplet 8th notes, right? 1 tee ta vs 1 & ah ....anyway not sure what the best verbal is for 8th note trips. 1 a la 1 trip let 1 tee ta....others? 1 & ah 1 te ta
Brian Baker I'm a musician myself and over time I've learned it doesn't matter what syllables you use to count your rhythms, as long as you say them in time. I know you asked this months ago but still I hope this helps
Hey Jared, I can't figure out Ex. 2, I can play along to what I'm hearing you play but I just can't get a feel for it and I also am really unsure how to count that around the click. Help me please!
Ex 2 is just the main accents without the other 8th note triplets. In Ex 1. He shows the "accents" using 8th triplet diagram across the bar. The accents are what would be played in Quarter Note Triplets.
Duude,, I was like searching around youtube and then I found your 8th note triplet video and there you said I should go watch this 4th note triplet video... So I did and now you say you hope I had watched the other triplet videos?! I'm confused! I love you though... no homo
Was looking for 16 note triplets and realized zed I already know how to do them and didn't realize I don't know how to do quarter note trips. But then again I know eighth note trips so I'm sure I've done a quarter note trips at one time or another.
i think im just dumb with quarter note triplets. no matter who trys to show/ teach me i cant play them for my life or even understand them. this helped a bit thanks :l
I'm a latino guy who had first learned how to play congas over Afrolatino Rythms. It's curious how what people call "odd times" to me and my colleagues is the "normal" hahah.
That's risky - playing that number of well recorded isolated drum sounds. People are going to be sampling yo ass! Seriously though, I'm not a drummer that wanted to understand quarter note triplets to better understand some forms of polyrhythm. Thanks for the clear explanation.
You are not alone. I have NO idea what he is talking about. Of course,I struggle to understand reading music so I may be in trouble here. The great thing is though, ultimately you don't have to know anything about the formal stuff to become proficient on drums. Some great drummers have no idea what they are doing....yeah, that seems right!
To anyone struggling with these grooves, for me they're way way easier to feel at faster tempos. 70 bpm is real slow to be playing quarter note triplets imo, not very practical.
***** I completely think the opposite. Drumming IS counting, you're a living metronome so its not just about feeling the drums, its about understanding them, and the only way to achieve that is by counting.
I guess it's different for different people then... If you're the kind of person who needs to "learn" a beat it's probably helpful to count. when starting.
If you count quarter notes as: 1,2,3,4... And eighth notes as: 1,&,2,&,3,&,4,&... Sixteenth note as: 1,e,&.a.2.e.&,a,3,e,&,a,4,e,&,a... Makes since to count triplets as: 1,e,&,2,e,&,3,e,&,4,e,&... Why confuse counting, by doing it any other way? What is "ah"? Wrong. As a drumming community, lets stop the madness, here and now....haha.....
I've been playing the guitar for 2 years, only started studying music theory seriously now. Been having a damn hard time with these triplets, your vids helped a LOT!! Thanks!!! :D
Crazy quality for a TH-cam video from 2011! Also helped me alot!
Thank you so much! I had to learn a song for my voice lessons quickly with quarter-note triplets and I couldn't get the hang of it from other videos until I found your video! Thank you so much!!
I'm a clarinet player and this has helped me tons!
i think it helps when you're starting off a complicated groove and getting the hang of it. that's how eventually you get the feel of it and it becomes internalized
Great video here. I'm starting to figure out how to count triplets properly. Even though I don't play drums, this helped me with my piano
HI, your videos are very helpful. It seems that a more basic way of thinking of triplets is relating it to its original note---16 th notes triplets to 8th notes, 8th notes triplets to quarter notes, quarter note triplets to half notes. That's just how i think of it. It makes it more relateable.
Drums are great. Thanks a bunch for this. :D
Nice new fills!! If I could, I would have liked this a thousand times!! Lol, anyway I rewrote the whole thing with accents on all the "ah" when u count it and it sounded way better!
The way you play beginning at 1:45 in the video, accenting every other note of the triplet...that is how you play the hi-hat part to Black Velvet, by Alannah Myles. Triplets, accenting every other stroke, but triplet pattern..will accent on "1", then the "&' of the first triplet, then "e" of 2, then accent lines back up on 3. 2 bar repeat. 2,3 syncopation, takes six beat to resolve. Could also say accent is on the first beat of the First triplet, third beat of the First triplet and second beat of the Second triplet.
If you get the successful drumming pack from drumeo the quarter note triplets are explained without the other values in the excercises! A little easier. But quarter note trips are not as easy as other triplet values. I love Jared falk!
I'm a flautist. This helped me very much!
Jared thank you.
Listen to the breakdown in "Fake messiah" by Lamb of God". ONE and AH two AND ah TRHEE and AH four AND ah. Starts at 2: 07
Might be too late but in your sheet music the snare drum shows as on the third bar down. I bought the beginner book from drumeo and it's it shows the snare between the second and third bar from the top. Is this just "extra space" to accomodate other pieces of the drum kit?
Good spot. Normally it is written in the second space from the top. But drum notation can vary depending on the size of the kit, in his Jared's case he has a 6 piece kit and not a standard 5 piece kit and so I suspect this space is reserved for his extra high-tom.
I do totally agree that quarter note or half note triplets must be subdivided into the 8th triplet pulse. Many try to just count "slower" triplets.
Great explanation!
Here is EXACTLY how to count these in plain English:
Play 1, the let of 1, the trip of 2, 3, and the let of 3, and the trip of 4.
Or if you count them like he does in the video
Play 1, the ah of 1, the & of 2, 3, the ah of 3, and the & of 4.
Hope this helps someone
This comment could have been written better it says in plain english but they way you wrote it out was confusing
(1) trip LET, 2 TRIP let, (3) trip LET, 4 TRIP let
Or
(1) and AH, 2 AND a, (3) and AH, 4 AND ah
Like this..
Question... Shouldn't Jared use something else besides & ah for the 8th note trips...because isn't & ah reserved for 16th notes, like 1 ee & ah.....So if you do 1 & ah...you're really saying 3 16th notes with the 2nd one as a rest. The time between two 16ths is short than between two triplet 8th notes, right? 1 tee ta vs 1 & ah ....anyway not sure what the best verbal is for 8th note trips. 1 a la 1 trip let 1 tee ta....others?
1 & ah
1 te ta
Brian Baker I'm a musician myself and over time I've learned it doesn't matter what syllables you use to count your rhythms, as long as you say them in time. I know you asked this months ago but still I hope this helps
Hey Jared, I can't figure out Ex. 2, I can play along to what I'm hearing you play but I just can't get a feel for it and I also am really unsure how to count that around the click. Help me please!
same! haha
Ex 2 is just the main accents without the other 8th note triplets. In Ex 1. He shows the "accents" using 8th triplet diagram across the bar. The accents are what would be played in Quarter Note Triplets.
Also, if you count the accents while playing 8th note triplets, you would count it like ONE LET TRIP THREE LET TRIP
@Caleb he's right because he's counting quarter note triplets. You're counting eighths
Check out my other comment
I feel stupid because I don’t know how to count this rhythm and I’m in my fourth year of band 🤦🏻♀️
@Caleb better late than never. I'm not judging
I wouldnt worry about it. You"ll get it. There is far more to musical expression than just this.
Wait till u get to 5-lets lmfaoo
7 years drummer and still no clue how to play triplets
I luvs your t-shirt.
good info, well done
Duude,, I was like searching around youtube and then I found your 8th note triplet video and there you said I should go watch this 4th note triplet video... So I did and now you say you hope I had watched the other triplet videos?! I'm confused!
I love you though...
no homo
is there an order as to which one to learn first.?
8th, 16th, 4th note tripletts.
Awesome!! Prerequisite.
yeah man is exactly like that ... i started to make all strange faces when i exercise this :3
Thumbs up for prerequisite!
whats the name of the song? (:
thanks man!
Was looking for 16 note triplets and realized zed I already know how to do them and didn't realize I don't know how to do quarter note trips. But then again I know eighth note trips so I'm sure I've done a quarter note trips at one time or another.
How would I count a dotted triplet!!!! Please help ;~;.....
i think im just dumb with quarter note triplets. no matter who trys to show/ teach me i cant play them for my life or even understand them. this helped a bit thanks :l
For some reason this feels natural to me even tho i onlu played the piano and a flute
sounds so weird but cool at the same time xD
Thumbs up! Prerequisites.
I'm a latino guy who had first learned how to play congas over Afrolatino Rythms. It's curious how what people call "odd times" to me and my colleagues is the "normal" hahah.
That's risky - playing that number of well recorded isolated drum sounds. People are going to be sampling yo ass!
Seriously though, I'm not a drummer that wanted to understand quarter note triplets to better understand some forms of polyrhythm. Thanks for the clear explanation.
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
How do i count 5/4?
I think it's 1 2 3 4 5 / 1 2 3 4 5 . Correct me if I'm wrong tho
so the only difference between quarter note triplets and eight note triplets is the feel? that looked exactly like eighth note triplets... help please
outro is nice
It looks like the notation for the last exercise is for the ride cymbal and not the closed hi hat
It sounded like the beginning of the Hendrix tune Gypsy Eyes.
It’s been 8 years?
There are no "ands" in 8th triplets. ;-) Students get confused counting 2 different rhythms "1 & a". I love your presentation and teaching skills.
I find it easier to count quarter note triplets as a polyrhythm
i think that the quarter note triplets become a polyrhythm if you take the metronome sound, a 2/3 polyrhythm i think..
Thumbs up!!
I'm lost :( the "I hate math" of me kicks in & I hit brick wall. Counting or even the basic understanding of a triplet just flew out the window. Ugh
You are not alone. I have NO idea what he is talking about. Of course,I struggle to understand reading music so I may be in trouble here. The great thing is though, ultimately you don't have to know anything about the formal stuff to become proficient on drums. Some great drummers have no idea what they are doing....yeah, that seems right!
adrian97c I hear that! Quarter note trips are HARDER than other tripletslol
u give me hope, cause i cant count and play at the same time. I just feel it.
2+1 = 3..... thats it fellas.
nice! thanks man! (:
To anyone struggling with these grooves, for me they're way way easier to feel at faster tempos. 70 bpm is real slow to be playing quarter note triplets imo, not very practical.
latin lessons! \m/ please!!
dammit! if my band find out i cant hack this, i'm out!! i don't want my brains to drool out of my ears :P
Didn't understand shit
thanks! (:
Careful, it's twisty 🙂
I want that T-shirt. You lost me by 0:90.
***** I completely think the opposite. Drumming IS counting, you're a living metronome so its not just about feeling the drums, its about understanding them, and the only way to achieve that is by counting.
@snapcase72 THAT SUCKS!
“How to Count Quarter Note Triplets” requires a 9 minute video??
That’s when I knew I was in trouble.
He looks like the guy from drumeo
Jared! Language! lol
nn c ho capito niente!
I guess it's different for different people then... If you're the kind of person who needs to "learn" a beat it's probably helpful to count. when starting.
If you count quarter notes as: 1,2,3,4...
And eighth notes as: 1,&,2,&,3,&,4,&...
Sixteenth note as: 1,e,&.a.2.e.&,a,3,e,&,a,4,e,&,a...
Makes since to count triplets as: 1,e,&,2,e,&,3,e,&,4,e,&...
Why confuse counting, by doing it any other way? What is "ah"? Wrong.
As a drumming community, lets stop the madness, here and now....haha.....
No...I shouldn't waste my time watching this
It's not very musical
Man. Those are gross. I need to figure them out!
bro first play then speak
And I didn't cringe my facing beating to this, man am I cool or what? I didn't even find this difficult at all!! Ok this is weird....
If you're counting, you're not drumming... Intuition over dumb counting every time.
Sounds like an excuse for someone who gets yelled at in band practice for not keeping the time tbh
This comments 9 years old, hopefully by now you realized how foolish this comment was.
What the fuck is this ???
This video make me quit drumming.
don't know why, but all your videos are soooo depressing....
don't know why, but all your videos are soooo depressing....