Triplets and Subdivisions
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Aren’t some notes in a triplet, though they have the same value, played differently? Like in a quarters note triplet where one of the notes in the triplet can be played as two eighth notes.
Yes, but it’s really subdivision, not “different triplet values.”
A quarter-note triplet is 3 equal beats squeezed into the time of 2 beats. Normally they’re evenly spaced.
If one triplet beat is written (or played) as two notes, those are two quick notes that split one triplet slot. They’re not straight eighth notes, they still have to fit inside that single triplet beat.
Regarding question #2, my brother, the bass musician, also explained to me why 4/4 is the correct answer and not 3/4. I am still trying to understand it, but I concede that 4/4 is correct. I will save it for our next Monday’s virtual practice if I am still struggling. 🙂
@Cassandra Hargrove it okay, once you work on a song with 12/8 time signature it will be much easier to understand it then.
I missed question #2, but don’t understand the answer you stated as correct. To me a triplet is three notes played in the timing of one, not the timing of two. What am I missing?
@Cassandra Hargrove
A triplet means three of the same note value played in the time normally taken by two of that note value. That’s why “three notes in the timing of two” is correct.
Why “timing of one” sometimes seems right:
In 4/4, an eighth-note triplet fits exactly into one beat, because two regular eighth notes equal one beat. So players often say “three in the time of one beat.” But the universal definition isn’t “three in the time of one,” it’s “three in the time of two of the same value.”
Concrete examples:
Eighth-note triplet in 4/4: 3 eighths in the time of 2 eighths = 1 beat (count: 1-trip-let).
Quarter-note triplet in 4/4: 3 quarters in the time of 2 quarters = spans 2 beats.
Sixteenth-note triplet: 3 sixteenths in the time of 2 sixteenths = half a beat.
Rule of thumb:
Simple meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4): triplet = 3 in the time of 2.
Compound meters (6/8, 9/8): three per beat is already normal; the unusual grouping there is a duplet (2 in the time of 3).
did it but still confuse about the subdivisions
@Felix, can you say what particular aspect you found confusing so I can try to clarify it for you?
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@dcooks Glad to hear it!