Any tricks to playing odd tuplets (ie. 5's, 7's, etc.)

[mfergel]

Any word tricks/subdivisions/etc. I can use to play those odd tuplets?

[lazaraga]

quintuplets- i use "hippopotamus" (sp?)

 

septuplets- to me is the sound of a regular 7 note scale played over one beat. i rarely practice this.

 

i only practice subdivisions up to sextuplets. lazy;)

 

peace

[Auggie Doggie]

For quintuplets, try 'university'.

 

For septuplets, try 'individuality'.

[typedeaF]

I always hear "huckleberrypie" ...yeah, dumb i know, from my grade school music instructor.

 

For me, I simply think of a 3 note lick up and down. For instance the fingers 4 2 1 2 4. I just hear that "de da do da de" in my head. And for 7s I hear 4 + 3 like 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 or "de da do da de da do".

 

I definately dont sit and say "huck-le-ber-ry-pie" over and over. Its more just a groove like triplets.

[Auggie Doggie]

Originally posted by typedeaF I always hear "huckleberrypie" ...yeah, dumb i know, from my grade school music instructor.

 

I would slightly change that to...

 

 

 

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND!

 

Of course, I'm biased...it's Hanna-Barbera thing.

[red|dragon]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1938099378022643751&q=shawn+lane

 

He talks about it a little bit ^

 

What works for me.... 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

[d0zerz]

*remembers drum lessons*

 

1/4: 1...2...

1/8th 1 and 2

trip 1 and ah 2 and ah

1/16th 1 ee and ah 2 ee and uh..

quint: 1 ee ah and ah 2 ee ah and

1/16th trip: 1 uh e uh and ah uhh....I can't remember

[john_trahearn]

I've been using a great little iPhone app called Rhythm Calculator to practice some compicated tuplets in some pieces that i'm learning at the moment. You can put pretty much any tuplet in and it will play it back in a loop. Might be worth giving it a try..?

www.jetpoweredapps.com/rhythmcalculator

[BydoEmpire]

 

I watched some drum lesson on Youtube talk about quintuplets and he used:

tih kah dah nah kah

 

That stuck with me.  I like "university" though, that seems a little easier.

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john_trahearn wrote:

 

 

I've been using a great little iPhone app called Rhythm Calculator to practice some compicated tuplets in some pieces that i'm learning at the moment. You can put pretty much any tuplet in and it will play it back in a loop. Might be worth giving it a try..?

www.jetpoweredapps.com/rhythmcalculator

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Cool, thanks for the tip!

[BenTunessence]

I've found it helpful to get a solid feel for 2s and 3s, and then just break everything down into some combination of those.

2s to me feel like a clock ticking back and forth (1-and, 2-and, 3-and, 4-and).

3s feel more round-shaped (if that makes any sense), so I kind of picture a circular motion...(1-and-a, 2-and-a, 3-and-a, 4-and-a)

If you can feel those two types of rhythm, and switch back and forth while keeping the 8th note pulse, then you can create any odd rhythm.

5 can be 2+3 (1-and, 2-and-a) or 3+2 (1-and-a, 2-and).

7 can be 2+2+3 (1-and, 2-and, 3-and-a), 2+3+2 (1-and, 2-and-a, 3-and), or 3+2+2 (1-and-a, 2-and, 3-and).

The most important thing is to feel the downbeat of each of those 2 or 3 groups.....i.e. the numbers.