Fingerstyle muted 'triplet-like' effect?

[F512]

I'll try my best to explain this in a way that people will understand. I've noticed in some finger style guitarist like Basho, Fahey, Glenn Jones etc. They'll be playing a syncopated rythm and then, as a kind of rhythmic flourish, play what sound like muted strings in a fast triplet pattern. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. Does anyone know what I mean and how to achieve it? Is it maybe some sort of flamenco effect? Thanks in advance for any help!

[HHP]

I think I know what you mean. It more of a fast roll than a triplet.

I learned to replicate it by playing the first note with thumb and then, with index and middle and maybe third finger already on the strings, you sort of peel your hand away and the string each finger was resting on sounds in rapid succession.

Your fingers remain static and it is your hand that makes the motion to play the strings.

[F512]

Thanks for responding! I'll try this out.

[rick-slo]

A link to an example would be nice.

[jseth]

Isn't that technique commonly referred to as a "banjo roll"?

[F512]

I'll try to find a link with an example. When I think of a banjo roll, I think of placing the picks or fingers beneath the top three strings and then laying them in quick succession (John Fahey's "Sunny Side of The Ocean" has this technique in it in a couple of parts - [URL="http://youtu.be/qYDrkG2EGwg"]http://youtu.be/qYDrkG2EGwg[/] ).

Maybe what I'm asking about is just a banjo roll on the low strings with the inclusion of the pick, as a poster above mentioned?

[F512]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanPri...XH&sh=57f57f5e

The video above has a couple of instances of what I was asking about (the non-Hawaiian guitar parts).

specifically at 3:19 and 3:23 in the video

[rick-slo]

Originally Posted by F512

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanPri...XH&sh=57f57f5e

The video above has a couple of instances of what I was asking about (the non-Hawaiian guitar parts).

I guess you are referring to the rapid four string upward arpeggios that were used. Say try a C chord rapid arpeggio on the fifth through second string with TIMA fingers. I sometimes do a similar rapid inner string arpeggio within a fingerstyle piece but usually (more like a strum in mechanism) using the back of the index fingernail.

[F512]

I'll try this. Thank you.