Slap Bass Triplet Exercises
Although these exercises can be set to different rhythms, I'm focusing on just triplets as the slap, index, middle pattern works nicely as you have three different strikes (motions) which creates a single beat.
For those of you that don't know a triplet rhythm is basically three equal notes (equal in rhythm/timing) in a single beat. In 4/4, you would have three notes for each beat. I will try to demonstrate this below by using a simple grid formation.
Beat - 1 2 3 4
Triplet rhythm - 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Strikes - S I M S I M S I M S I M
Each exercise uses the same striking pattern - slap, index, middle which is abbreviated to S, I, M.
S = Slap with thumb
I = Index pluck
M = Middle pluck