Continuing Modern Drummer’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Carmine Appice’s Ultimate Realistic Rock book, this month we present a sound often associated with Carmine’s playing in Vanilla Fudge, many of John Bonham’s Led Zeppelin grooves, and later with Dennis Chambers’ funky fusion playing, Sixteenth Note Triplets. This month Carmine will teach us how to count and use sixteenth note triplets on your snare and bass drum to help your grooves come to life and add excitement to the music. Realistic Sixteenth Note Triplets Sixteenth note triplets are counted 1 ti ta & ti ta. The two groups of sixteenth note triplets equal 2 eighth notes. And the 1 & from the sixteenth note triplets lines up with the 1& of the eighth notes, this places the ti ta of the sixteenth note triplets between the eighth notes 1&. The secret for reading 16th note triplets is simple. The first […]

October 2022 Issue