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Slapping With Triplets Bass Guitar Technique
Posted by admin on 6 February, 2009
Learn how to play slap bass guitar with triplets in this free online video music lesson on how to play the electric bass guitar.
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Dude, four notes( …
Dude, four notes(exactly: the four-note pattern – so it isn’t just spread across the bar, filling 4 beats with 12 notes and thus making the 12/8 bar)can make a triplet, but only when 2 of its notes are twice as long as the other 2 notes!!! The notes the guy is playing seem all the same lenght. He doesnt play in the rhythm but at the beginning hes playing 16ths in 4/4 and with those 2 more notes it starts 2 feel like 16ths in 12/8, but no triplets
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I don’t know notes …
I don’t know notes and music theory worth , but my guess is that since you usually count the number of notes in a… eh… “bar” as either 8 or 4, it’d make sense for triplets to count 4 notes even if there is a slight delay between two of them.
I mean, if you exclude the “delays” you can fit 12 notes into a “bar” when playing triplets, and 12 = 3×4, or 4×3, so it would be more logical to count with 4 since we’re used to counting with even numbers anyway…
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Yes, they are …
Yes, they are triplets. I can’t believe there are such stupid arguments on youtube due to little 11-year-old kids who play guitar/bass and think that counting 4 notes means it is not a triplet pattern. Sigh…
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
if he left the ” …
if he left the “gang” sound of the end and just went d g da he would have a triplet. as it goes, he doesn’t and has no idea what he is on about. wot a ! and so ugly too.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
it’s a triplet with …
it’s a triplet with an added percussive
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Well, unless …
Well, unless there’s no tempo, you never know if it’s triplets or anything else. when he play the “triplets” together, you can here that it is triplets, there should be 2 more notes of the kind he plays. He could think in a harder way if he wanted it to be 16notes. But, the video says triplet, so i guess it is triplets.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
But if he …
But if he says it’s triplets and he think triplets, then it is
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
lol “he could think …
. But Ure right there’s no rhythm, so we cant say it… Still, “triplet” is the very last word I would Use to name this pattern….the second, 6-note pattern can come out as sextuplet in a certain tempo, but thats Really the closest one in this vid…..
lol “he could think in a harder way” and “the video says triplet” really got me
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
don’t U think …
don’t U think there’s a chance that The guy on the vid doesn’t know what a triplet is himself??
But nevermind; musical theory has only single one purpose – to make musicians understand each other while theyre playing cooperatively (or talking about music). This time, it apparently failed so we’d better not bother with it this time.
Music is the best; keep it up, lad
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
He’s really good at …
He’s really good at explaing too..
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
beautifull 1
beautifull 1
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
awesome tone
awesome tone
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Hmm… some people …
Hmm… some people talking out of their es here. Definitely triplets. Obvious ones. Count along (we’ll do a count in)..
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 “didilee 1 didilee 2 didilee 3 didilee 4″
….The thumb/hammer/thumb trios are the triplet parts (3 16th notes over the space of an eighth note). The last (popped) note an octave higher in each lick lands directly on the quarter beats.
sycamore TREE … sycamore TREE … sycamore TREE !
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Useful, thanks
Useful, thanks
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
easiest way to …
easiest way to explain a triplet is 3 notes rest for a note then play 3 notes. So you get a “gallop” sound.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
1 and a 2, 3 and a …
1 and a 2, 3 and a 4. Yeah I think it’s triplets.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Actually, the …
Actually, the rhythm is “Triplet, 1″ Say that as he does the rhythm and you can hear that when he plays it. To all of those musically inclined people I know that this is a really rough way to think about it but it was how I was taught triplets.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
maybe some of you …
maybe some of you are saying it’s not triplet because you’re not hearing him playing same note twice. 0h5-5 is the triplet and he’s finishing the phrase with an octave that is an 8th note, fret 7.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I like it.
I like it.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Yes it is 4 …
Yes it is 4 triplets. Or actually, we only know that there is 3 triplets, untill we hear where the next note starts. Just cause it’s triplets dosen’t mean that you play 3 notes. let me explain what a triplet is, 3 triplets should take as long time to play as 4 8notes. or 4 16notes, or whatever you want. 4 8notes is common. So how many dosen’t make any difference, it’s how long the note is. they are called triplets because three of them is as long as 4 8notes (often).
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Yeah but that’s …
Yeah but that’s actually 4 notes ; ) this is Not triplets this is 16th notes
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
well i’ll be. kewl …
well i’ll be. kewl im gonna steal that one ;D
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
maybe my …
maybe my explanation wasn’t clear..4notes yes, 3 sixteenth triplet 1 8th note. so if you’d tap your foot, 0h5-5 would be on the down beat, 7 would be on the up. if it was 4 16th notes, 5 would be the upbeat but the rhythm clearly isn’t on this demo.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Four notes make a …
Four notes make a triplet??? krapz I gotta recheck my knowlegde of counting to four…
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Yep i agree It is a …
Yep i agree It is a triplet And it should be 6 notes pr beat A triplet on the down beat and one on the off beat ; )
Some expertvideo If your gonna theach you need a clear beat to define the rythm being played over it ; )