Summary: Learn how to play triplets on the drums in this free video music lesson.
"I'm going to demonstrate a triplet now. I'll start off on the snare, slow and then I'll build that up. Then I'll come back down and I'll incorporate some toms in there. By the way, a triplet is just as it implies 3 hits. One, two, three. One, two, three. And I'm doing, my sticking is a right left right, right left right. Here we go. That was a triplet."
eHow Article: How to Play Triplets on the Drums