Re: Treble ornaments in reels
Never mind that rolls aren't triplets, but that fiddle video on rolls doesn't match much of anything I've ever heard from a host of great Irish fiddlers, especially the timing. Short rolls don't leave out the first root note--it's just shortened so the whole roll fits in the space of a quarter note. (A long roll covers a dotted quarter.)
One option for triplets on a phrase like FAAF would be FA A/A/F. More commonly used, perhaps, on similar phrases that don't involve string crossings (e.g., ABBA = AB B/B/A), but the better players aren't impeded by string crossings in their triplets.
Oops! Did I say that out loud?
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