Advice on triplets

[Chrono Helix]

I have a lot of difficulty maintaining a triplet pattern (e.g. beginning of Extreme NGS with the triplet hi-hat, or the middle and end of Advanced Rolling1000TOON with the constant tom triplets). Are there any songs which are good for practicing these kinds of patterns? I've tried Basic Sotto, and even then I had some trouble maintaining it.

[Melchior]

The main advice, which may seem counter-intuitive at first, is to try to always start with the same hand. Some people think it may be easier to go "RLR LRL RLR LRL", but trust me, in most cases, you want to do "RLR RLR RLR RLR". (Although NGS might be a rare case where you might want to handle it differently, because of those odd HHHSSs that pop up.)

Anyway, a good practice might be "On Our Way". The second half has a lot of triplets, although it's a bit tricky because a few of them end in doubles. It's a good speed though.

[Skydazer]

In this case, it will depend whether you play on right or left lead most of the time.

For right lead, it will be RLR RLR RLR. A good way to maintain your tempo is to hit the R with slightly more force than your L, so that you can sort distinguish the rate of your hitting.

[Meow]

-If you want more songs with this "triple 16ths on 1" pattern, try Fairy Tales, Balance and Cosmic Cowgirl.
-If you want the inverted version (a la Rolling1000toon adv), try Newspaper and Carnival Day adv.
-Once you think you're pretty good with these types of rolls, test yourself with Tamayura ><

Sorry I can't give you easier songs, but try these in the future when you're better at them.

[oni-ice]

On Our Way
Mei Li De Jia Xiang
Balalaika, Carried With the Wind
Rolling1000toon ADV
N.G.S.

Dunno what else...

[DeusExMachina]

Wow rolling1000toon adv that brings back memories.

Back when I really sucked ~ 2 years ago, it took me like 2 weeks to get that tom pattern down with autobass on.

[Chrono Helix]

Now that I think about it, I suppose I could add Shanghai Honey Extreme to that list. I think I'll practice those patterns with auto hi-hat for a while.

[oni-ice]

Maybe add Kanzen Na Inochi (完全な命) as well. Remember the snare roll?

Or Taratta Dance. Not a lot of triplets, but there are some.
Or My Friend. Quite a difficult song i say.

[Chrono Helix]

Don't think I've ever played those, I'll check them out. Thanks.

[Seid]

There's this song in 5th mix that's almost all triplets, I forgot the title, but it sounds like a Russian melody. I think it's Balalaika, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Chrono Helix]

Yeah it was suggested earlier.