RUDIMENTS: SWISS TRIPLETS

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Next up for Rudiments: Swiss Triplets.

An often overlooked rudiment - triplets in general don’t get as much attention as 16th notes in modern drumming, but as you’ll see with just a little creativity you can incorporate Swiss Triplets into a wide variety of fills and grooves.

We start simple with voicings between the snare and floor tom.  Two voice systems are a good way to start spreading rudiments around the kit.

Next we combine voicings from part 1 for combinations.   Again, just simple modification and creativity can give you an ENDLESS amount of voicings and patterns.  

Last a few “Ways to Play” and Advanced Concepts.  Since these are triplets they lend themselves very well to shuffle patterns, they can add a lot of new feel and texture to classic grooves like The Purdie Shuffle.  Shifting our subdivisions to 16th notes creates a 3:3:2 pattern that can work in funk, second line and Latin feels.

Finally, keep your 16th note feel and start adding kick substitutions for funky syncopated fill patterns.  Strings of swiss triplets can create nice odd groupings and displacements

All of this is only a starting place, the true value in these exercises comes from YOUR creativity.  How you choose to voice and phrase these exercises is up to you.  Technical mastery is only a means to developing your unique voice on the instrument.  Take your time and explore.

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