guarler-nOle Iriplels in 4/4

This chapter deals with the core rhythm of a quarter-note triplet.

If you are not completely cornfortable with playing quarter-note triplets, go back to eighth-note triplets and
make sure you are cornfortable with those first. Eighth-note triplets are the building blocks for quarter-note
triplets.

The form we are using for this chapter is a 4/4 blues in F.

Watch Chapter 23 on the DVD and see the trio apply the material in this chapter over a blues.

Core Rhythm
3 I I 3

msf r ~ r ~ r ~ r ~ r ~
µ etc.

Take a basic eighth-note triplet pattem and accent every other note. The pattem repeats after six eighth-note
triplets or two quarter notes.

DVD Chapter 25: Quarter-note triplet starting on beat One.

In 4/4 time, the pattem repeats after one bar.

Core Rhythm

.-3-----,

~
3 3 3 3

Bb7
F7

etc.

DVD Chapter 26: Quarter-note triplet starting on the second eighth-note triplet (you can also think of it as
starting on beat Two or beat Four).

Core Rhythm

I 3 I I 3 I

~
:11
3 3 3 3

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