This article will discuss playing triplets on drums and whether you should really bother with them. In this week’s column, to coincide with the release of Vic Firth’s latest Deluxe Bundle, we look at the performance of triplets in drumming and how to incorporate them into your playing. Triplets are vital tool in the arsenal […]

This article will explain what triplets are and how to apply them to the drum set. Ever wonder what triplets are on the drums? With triplets on a snare drum, the listener can hear one note, two notes, or three notes in succession. It all depends on the place where the drum is struck and […]

What do triplets sound like on the drum? In this article, we will discuss triplets and how to apply them on the drums. What is triplets? The triplets technique is the repetition of three notes being played in succession and they can either be played with a single drum, or on an instrument such as […]

How is it that drummers can seemingly blaze around the kit with a flurry of triplets? We’ve all seen drummers that know how to just tear the drum kit apart with their technique, so what is the secret? It’s actually not as difficult to do as you may think—and the reasons to learn these techniques […]

I’m just going to go ahead and say it—triplets are my favorite drum rudiment of all time. Let me clarify. A rudiment is an exercise that drummers practice and can comprise of many different combinations of left and right hand at different rates. Technically, triplets are not even really a rudiment, they are a rate […]