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tot_Ou_tard
October 4th, 2007, 04:21 PM
How do you pick a bar of eigth-note triplets?
Alternating:
down-up-down, up-down-up, down-up-down, up-down-up
or do you emphasize the first beat of the triplet with a downstroke
down-up-down, down-up-down, down-up-down, down-up-down
?
I'm find myself drifting between the two, which is too confusing. I need to choose one for now and stay with it.
Ro3b
October 4th, 2007, 04:45 PM
It depends. If (as often happens in my line of work) I'm picking the melody of an Irish jig, DUD DUD gives the correct groove. Otherwise, I use strict alternation, or hammer on or pull off the middle note of the triplet. I can't do DUD DUD at tempoes faster than about 110 bpm.
tot_Ou_tard
October 4th, 2007, 05:26 PM
It depends. If (as often happens in my line of work) I'm picking the melody of an Irish jig, DUD DUD gives the correct groove. Otherwise, I use strict alternation, or hammer on or pull off the middle note of the triplet. I can't do DUD DUD at tempoes faster than about 110 bpm.
Yeah, the speed thing kills with DUD DUD, but DUD UDU has a less insistent rhythm.
I'll try the hammer on/off, I think that it'll work great. Thanks Ro3b.
tot_Ou_tard
October 4th, 2007, 06:08 PM
I just tried
DHU DHU DHU DHU
(H = hammer off)
on the piece I was working on.
Wow! So much smoother. It sounded great. Thanks Ro3b!
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