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A septuplet is an irregular time division that tells us to play seven notes in the time of four. You write a septuplet by adding a number seven above the notes that it applies to.
What is a 7 Tuplet called?
In simple time signatures (see 1.5 Simple Meter), tuplets/grouplets always use the next longer rhythmic value. Quintuplets (five equal parts), sextuplets (six equal parts), and septuplets (seven equal parts) all use the rhythmic value for a four-part division.
How many beats is a Septuplet?
As the name implies, septuplets are achieved by splitting each beat into 7 parts. Like quintuplets, they sort of fit in the space between two other rhythmic rates: 16th triplets and 32nd notes.
What are Tuplets in music?
In music, a tuplet (also irrational rhythm or groupings, artificial division or groupings, abnormal divisions, irregular rhythm, gruppetto, extra-metric groupings, or, rarely, contrametric rhythm) is "any rhythm that involves dividing the beat into a different number of equal subdivisions from that usually permitted by ...
