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Summary: Learn tips on how to play triplets on the piano in the key of Eb (E flat) with expert instruction from a professional jazz composer in this free video clip on music theory and piano techniques.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"So now we're going to do a little more with triplets and as we go through here we have; now we have triplets but we have double notes on it. So we have one and three, seven and two, six and one, and so on. So you have third, third, third, fourth, third, third. And this is a great example of reading in patterns. So if we look at it on the keyboard, we have third, third, third, fourth, fourth, four. And then you have, it switches over to left hand. So you have this consistent triplet pattern, flowing from your right hand to your left. Here we go. Triplet, triplet, triplet, triplet. Again. So you can hear how the song is winding down, and these long triplets really help to exaggerate that because it already has this kind of exaggerated feel playing this three over two. And we'll go over our last couple of measures in just a minute."
eHow Article: How to Play Triplets in Eb (E Flat) on Piano