Dream Guitars Lesson - John Doyle - The Mystery of Triplets

Here's a fun lesson with our good friend (and Asheville area neighbor), Musician/Singer/Songwriter/Producer extraordinaire John Doyle! He's here to unravel some of the mystery behind "triplets"--the ornamentation commonly heard in Irish music styles. In this video, John plays the traditional tune "The Floating Crowbar" then demonstrates three ways of playing triplets as used in the tune.
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[@tomscotland]

Thank you. I’ve been listening to Dick Gaughan do this all my adult life and I finally understand it.

[@green4black]

What a treat! I’ve followed John since his days in Solas. He’s a phenomenal talent.

[@markskywalker71]

Great lesson!!! I had the privilege to learn directly from him just a week ago in Belfast. John Doyle other than being a great musician he is also a great teacher that knows very deeply the musical language of his own tradiotion.

[@thelionmachine]

I came here to see if watching John Doyle's hands when he plays, I'd understand where and how the guitar gets a crunchy percussion "bump" sound in his playing style, and was surprised that he breaks it down! It's his slight finger tap in the triplet here! I play the oud, very different than guitar technique, I love finding out how other string instruments work. I saw him live with Liz Carroll in 2006, and I've been fascinated by his guitar playing ever since. Wonderful video, thanks.

[@DreamGuitars]

Glad you found us! Thanks for the comment.

[@alastair6356]

A Great lesson I have been trying to play triplets for ages on my Banjo and Guitars this explains it brilliantly. 🤩👍

[@DreamGuitars]

Great to hear!

[@mizuki_akira]

Many thanks for a great lesson!! I practice every day because I want to be like him.

[@saucyjk6453]

That “dirt” u refer to….I used to tell my students, think of a regular pick stroke as a footstep firmly planted , whereas the muted or , what you call dirt stroke is like stepping on a bed of hot coals, enough to touch ground but outta there real quick like.

[@user-yh3xm3zo9l]

There mostly pull offs John not triplets, 😂