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- What is a triplet in 4 4 Time?
- How do you write triplets?
- How do you notate triplets in music?
- How do you count quarter note triplets for 4 4?
What is a triplet in 4 4 Time?
In 4/4 time, for example, a crotchet (quarter note) is worth two quavers (8ths), or three triplet quavers. This means you can make a triplet out of other note values, as long as they also add up to three quavers overall. Here are some different ways one crotchet beat can be split into triplets with different rhythms.
How do you write triplets?
We write a triplet by adding a number three above or below the notes that it applies to. Sometimes you'll see a bracket over the notes as shown below. This just is showing which notes are in the triplet. You might also see it written with a curved line that looks like a slur instead of a bracket.
How do you notate triplets in music?
In music notation, triplets are always marked with the number 3 over or under the triplet notes. Sometimes triplets have a slur mark (an arc-shaped line), or they may have a bracket. Other times the 3 notes are just beamed together with the number 3 written near the beam.
How do you count quarter note triplets for 4 4?
Eighth note triplets are just groups of three notes that fit in the space of one quarter note (the basic pulse of 4/4 music). To count these triplets, you simply say, “One-Trip-Let, Two-Trip-Let, Three-Trip-Let, Four-Trip-Let.”
