Subdivision: Sixteenth Note Triplet
Subdivision:
Sixteenth Note Triplet
Sixteenth note triplet subdivision divides the beat into six equal parts. The counts are named according to their position within the beat.
Practice counting and connecting with the beat using the exercise below.
See how this subdivision can be applied in a drum groove.
Practice
Count and Connect
The counts for eighth notes and eighth note triplets are contained within sixteenth note triplet subdivision. You should practice feeling and performing eighth notes and eighth note triplets while tapping and/or saying the syllables for sixteenth note triplets.
Drum Grooves
Sixteenth note triplet subdivision can be used when writing and playing drum grooves. For these patterns, the hihat plays most of the subdivisions, and the kick has attacks on different parts of the beat.
Drum Groove I
In this groove the hihat plays on all of the sixteenth note subdivisions. the snare plays on the back beat, and the kick plays on the 1, the + of three, and the pl of four.
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Drum Groove II
In this groove the hihat plays on all of the eighth note subdivisions, the snare plays on the backbeat, and the kick plays on different sixteenth note triplet counts. To add more interest to the groove, use eighth note subdivision for the hihat and sixteenth note triplet for the kick drum.
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