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A quintuplet, a type of tuplet, is a group of five notes, which – in simple meter – fits into the length of four of its note-type. In compound meter, five notes take the place of three: In 4/4 time (simple meter), eighth-note quintuplets span four normal eighth-notes (♫ Listen).
What are quintuplets in music?
A quintuplet would be a grouping of five sixteenth notes to occur within the span of one quarter note.
How do you count quadruplets?
Definition of Quadruplet:
A quadruplet is a note-grouping of four, played in the length of three of its note-type. For example, sixteenth-note quadruplets span three normal sixteenth-notes. A quadruplet is marked with a small 4 on its note-beam, bracket, or slur.
