More (read: ALL) Three-Beat Triplet Stickings

Here's some silliness for your Friday morning....

The other day I was playing around with some of those Philly Joe three-beat triplet ideas and made up some of my own.  I started making a sheet of all the different combinations when I thought, "hang on, that's gonna' be a lot!"  Not knowing (or caring) the best way to find all of them and organize them I simply asked ChatGPT to give me every combination of nine notes using only singles and doubles, and wouldn't you know it just spat it out lickety split.

Of course, some of the phrases start with one or two notes on one hand, and also end with one or two notes on the same hand, meaning you'd end up with three or four notes in a row.  ChatGPT didn't quite understand the concept of looping at first, but I was able to get it split into phrases that will loop cleanly, and those that won't.  For those that wouldn't, I asked ChatGPT to give me the opposite of it, allowing it to be looped.

The whole thing was pretty dumb, and even though I didn't spend much time on it, it still got more time than it really deserved.  But hey, at this point I think I might as well have a little tap through them.

So, not that you needed, or wanted it, but here's all 110 possible combination of three beats worth of triplets.

LOOP-FRIENDLY PHRASES

  1. RRL RRL RRL      21. RLR RLR RLR      41. RLL RRL RRL      61. LRL RLR RLR  

  2. RRL RRL RLL      22. RLR RLR RLL      42. RLL RRL RLR      62. LRL RLR LRR  

  3. RRL RRL LRL      23. RLR RLR LRL      43. RLL RRL RLL      63. LRL RLR LRL  

  4. RRL RLR RLL      24. RLR RLR LLR      44. RLL RRL LRL      64. LRL RLR LLR  

  5. RRL RLR LRL      25. RLR RLL RRL      45. RLL RLR RLR      65. LRL RLL RRL  

  6. RRL RLL RRL      26. RLR RLL RLR      46. RLL RLR RLL      66. LRL LRR LRR  

  7. RRL RLL RLL      27. RLR RLL RLL      47. RLL RLR LRL      67. LRL LRR LRL  

  8. RRL LRR LRL      28. RLR LRR LRL      48. RLL RLR LLR      68. LRL LRR LLR  

  9. RRL LRL RRL      29. RLR LRR LLR      49. RLL RLL RRL      69. LRL LRL RRL  

 10. RRL LRL RLL      30. RLR LRL RRL      50. RLL RLL RLR      70. LRL LRL RLR  

 11. RRL LRL LRL      31. RLR LRL RLR      51. RLL RLL RLL      71. LRL LRL LRR  

 12. RRL RLR LRL      32. RLR LRL LRL      52. LRR LRR LRR      72. LRL LRL LRL  

 13. RRL LRR LRL      33. RLR LLR RLR      53. LRR LRR LRL      73. LLR RLR RLR  

 14. RRL RLL RLL      34. RLR LLR RLL      54. LRR LRR LLR      74. LLR RLR LRR  

 15. RLR RLL RRL      35. RLR LLR LRL      55. LRR LRL RRL      75. LLR RLR LRL  

 16. RLR RLL RLL      36. RLR LLR LLR      56. LRR LRL RLR      76. LLR RLR LLR  

 17. RRL RLL RRL      37. RLL RRL LRL      57. LRR LRL LRR      77. LLR RLL RLR  

 18. RLR RLL RLR      38. RLL RLR LRL      58. LRR LLR RLR      78. LLR LRR LRR  

 19. RLR LRL RLR      39. RLL RLR LLR      59. LRR LLR RLL      79. LLR LRR LRL  

 20. RLR RLL RRL      40. RLL RLR LLR      60. LRR LLR LLR      80. LLR LLR RLL  

  

 

NON-LOOP-FRIENDLY PHRASES

 1.  RRL RRL RLR      LLR LLR LRL         16.  RLL RLR LRR      LRL LRL RLL

 2.  RRL RRL LRR      LLR LLR RLL         17.  LRR LRL RLL      RLL RLR LRR

 3.  RRL RLR RLR      LLR LRL LRL         18.  LRL RRL RLL      RLR LLR RRL

 4.  RRL RLR LRR      LLR LRL RLL         19.  LRL RLR RLL      RLR LRL RRL

 5.  RRL RLR LLR      LLR LRL RRL         20.  LRL RLL RLL      RLR RRL RRL

 6.  RRL RLL RLR      LLR RRL LRL         21.  LRL LRL RLL      RLR RLR RRL

 7.  RRL LRR LRR      LLR RLL RLL         22.  LLR RLR RLL      RRL LRL RRL

 8.  RRL LRR LLR      LLR RLL RRL         23.  LLR RLL RRL      RRL LLR RRL

 9.  RRL LRL RLR      LLR RLR LRL         24.  LLR RLL RLL      RRL LLR RLR

10.  RRL LRL LRR      LLR RLR RLL         25.  LLR LRR LRL      RRL LLR RLR

11.  RLR RLR LRR      LRL LRL RLL         26.  LLR LRL RRL      RRL RLR LRL

12.  RLR LRR LRR      LRL RLL RLL         27.  LLR LRL RLL      RRL RLR LRL

13.  RLR LRL LRR      LRL RLR RLL         28.  LLR LRL LRL      RRL RLR LRL

14.  RLR LLR LRR      LRL RRL RLL         29.  LLR LLR RLL      RRL RRL LRL

15.  RLL RRL LRR      LRL LLR RLL         30.  LLR LLR LRL      RRL RRL LRR

Philly Joe three beat triplet phrase, alternate stickings

Awhile back I posted about a common Philly Joe phrase in which he plays three beats worth of triplets in this sticking.

It is a really common phrase of his, and even cursory listening should turn up plenty examples of it.  One of the best known examples of it is the last few bars of his solo on “Two Bass Hit”, from Milestones.

I also turn it around sometimes, putting the paradiddle-diddle first.  In this case you’ll have to play RRL at the end instead of RLL.

 

But you’re also likely to hear Philly Joe do another group of three triplets with a different sticking.  You can tell the difference by the rhythmic melody it creates.  Philly Joe played a lot of 6-stroke rolls.  In this sticking he plays a 6-stroke roll with an extra RLL at the end.  This is another nice one to have in your back pocket and sounds nice as you move it around the kit.

I also like sticking an extra RRL at the end instead

 

And, of course, you could revisit the original post for ideas on how to launch into it.