How do most people do triplets?

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    • November 18, 2019 at 12:49 am #6165
      Luke Lindblom
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      Does anyone have any tips on triplet licks? I usually use the triplets with a hammer-on on the third fret, if that makes sense, and move it up the strings. I like to hear other ideas though. I really like the way Josh Swift does it, although I can’t do that very fast… And opinions would be great!

    • November 19, 2019 at 11:22 am #6239
      Vladimir Sorokin
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      Hey Luke, I saw your recent post at AW 😉
      I think using of the thumb and the hammer-ons is the best way, the only problem for me is the speed ))) When I comparied the different techniques of Rob, Andy, Jerry and Troy, it surprised me – each of them plays with a different approach, but still at the speed of light! Especially Rob and Jerry – they use thumb so much.

      So, the most effective picking to me is:

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AcJ0B6npXL8EBgLCy3Vp6RPMEcoZCir/view?usp=sharing

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EzJ9u6zQ4ujitsikS472yglINlkhKJrn/view?usp=sharing

    • November 19, 2019 at 10:34 pm #6243
      Luke Lindblom
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      Thanks for your detailed reply. Yep, I posted on AW and I’ve been working on Troy’s triplets for about a year now, so I’m pretty comfortable playing that. Appreciate the tab as well. Will definitely work on that!

    • November 19, 2019 at 10:44 pm #6246
      Jake Keegan
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      I’ve also noticed that using the thumb gives its that extra power behind the pickin. I’ve been experimenting alot with different licks/phrasing substituting a thumb pick intstead of finger. I definitely hear alot more thumb picking on high strings in modern players.

    • November 19, 2019 at 10:48 pm #6247
      Luke Lindblom
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      For sure. In fact, a lot of my first string picking includes the thumb. Quite different from the banjo 🙂

      • November 24, 2019 at 7:20 pm #6304
        Vladimir Sorokin
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        Actually I first saw the ‘Thumb-Index’ picking on the old Cindy Cashdollar lap steel DVD. It surprised me how it increased my picking speed in a week =) And the Andy’s advise is the best IMHO – do what works best for you! Jerry picks so many notes with just a thumb – it seems strange and it’s hard to play like that, but it WORKS for him! 😉

    • November 24, 2019 at 9:55 pm #6306
      Luke Lindblom
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      Thanks!

    • December 9, 2019 at 11:39 pm #6350
      Paul Conrad
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      Thank you, Vladimir! That’s a help.

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