So far all the rhythms we have had 4 beat in the bar, with some of the beats divided into 2. Well now we are going to have a look at what happens when we divide a beat by 3!

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Triplet

When a beat is divided into 3 you get a triplet. They have a different kind of groove to them when compared to normal eighth notes and understanding them will help you find your blues groove!

They are usually written with the notes grouped together in 3's and usually there is a 3 written under them too, so they should be quite easy to recognise.

A good thing to do is to put your metronome on and try and say the triplet count shown below along with the metronome, making sure that the 1, 2, 3 an4 stay right on the beat. This will get the feel of the triplet into your mind.

Triplets

 

Playing triplets as a strumming pattern can be a bit tricky, so we are going to leave that for now, but we are going to use them next in Blues Rhythm: BC-156 • Rhythm Guitar Basics 3.

 

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