Chicken Picking Style 16th Note Triplets

The "Chicken Picking Style 16th Note Triplets" lesson focuses on a unique technique between the left and right hands using 16th note triplet to make a sort "clucking" sound. This is a quintessential technique for chicken picking and once mastered can fit into many spaces. The right hand uses a hybrid picking technique with alternate picking between the pick and middle finger (or more fingers in the event of double/triple stops) along with palm muting. The left hand lightly touches the string during the triplets between the fretted notes. The tone is classic, snappy twang. I recommend using the bridge pickup and a good compressor. During the course of the piece there the triplets are utilized at the beginning or phrases, the middle of phrases, ascending and descending.

Key: G
Chords: G, C, D
Time Signature: 2/4
BPM: 90

Gear: Tele>Wampler Ego Compressor>PedalMonsters Klone>Vox AC15>Shure SM57>Presonus>Ableton Live

Scales:

G Major Pentatonic


C Major Pentatonic


D Major Pentatonic