Secrets of the Greats
Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................5
Explanation of Notation........................................................................................................................................6
Section 1: Reading Triplets ................................................................................................................................7
Sixteenth Note Triplet Exercise ........................................................................................................................8
Sextuplet Exercise ............................................................................................................................................9
Quarter and Half Note Triplets ......................................................................................................................10
Triplet Note Value Relationships ....................................................................................................................11
Section 2: Triplet Rudiments and Applications ..............................................................................................12
Triplet Stickings ..............................................................................................................................................13
Triplet Stickings (cont.) ..................................................................................................................................14
Four-Stroke Ruff Triplets ................................................................................................................................17
Inverted Double-Stroke Roll Triplets..............................................................................................................18
Six-Stroke Roll Applications ..........................................................................................................................19
Paradiddle-diddle Application ........................................................................................................................20
Swiss Army Triplets ........................................................................................................................................21
Inverted Paradiddle Triplets ............................................................................................................................22
Paradiddle Triplets ..........................................................................................................................................22
Double Paradiddle Grooves ............................................................................................................................23
Inverted Single Flammed Mill Triplets ..........................................................................................................24
Single Flammed Mills as Triplets ..................................................................................................................24
Inverted Pataflafla Triplets ..............................................................................................................................25
Pataflafla Triplets ............................................................................................................................................25
Section 3: Triplet Grooves ................................................................................................................................26
Shuffle Beats ..................................................................................................................................................28
Shuffle Hi-Hat Foot Ostinato Technique ........................................................................................................30
Triplet Ostinato Hi-Hat Technique..................................................................................................................31
Hip Hop Triplet Patterns/Half Time Shuffle ..................................................................................................32
Single Stroke Sextuplet Grooves ....................................................................................................................33
Right, Left, Left, Sextuplet Grooves ..............................................................................................................34
Half Time Shuffle Funk Triplet Ostinato........................................................................................................35
Funky Sticking Pattern R, L, R, R, L, Bass....................................................................................................36
Two Surface Sextuplet Ride............................................................................................................................37
Afro Cuban Style Ideas ..................................................................................................................................38
Linear Triplet Patterns ....................................................................................................................................39
Layered Triplet Patterns ..................................................................................................................................41
Section 4: Swing Triplets ....................................................................................................................................42
Mixed Swing Triplet Stickings ......................................................................................................................48
Section 5: Double Bass Triplets ........................................................................................................................49
Double Bass Triplet Ostinato Grooves ..........................................................................................................50
Double Bass Sextuplet Ostinato Grooves ......................................................................................................51
Double Bass Grooves Featuring Triplets ........................................................................................................52
Broken Triplet Bass Drum Ostinato ..............................................................................................................53
Double Bass Fill Ideas with Sextuplets ..........................................................................................................54
Section 6: Fills and Solos ..................................................................................................................................55
Hip Accent on the Third Note ........................................................................................................................56
Triplet Double Notes ......................................................................................................................................57
Broken Eighth Note Triplets ..........................................................................................................................58
Eighth Note Triplets Subdivided ....................................................................................................................59
Eighth Note Triplet Fills Subdivided ..............................................................................................................60
Sextuplet Hand and Foot Combinations ........................................................................................................61
Sixteenth Note and Sixteenth Triplet Fills......................................................................................................64
Triplets Divided in Groups of Four ................................................................................................................65
Triplets Divided in Groups of Five ................................................................................................................67
Triplets Divided in Groups of Seven ..............................................................................................................68