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Majestic290 · Post by **Majestic290** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:11 pm

If an eighth-note triplet is the same thing as one quarter note since it has one beat...why not just use the quarter note...what is the use of an eighth-note triplet.

Also, sixteenth-note triplets....how do you count these?

I'm reading a long in a book, but I don't think they explain it good enough.

Thanks for any help...I need to know triplets before i go any farther in this book. I know their important for reading sheet music.

The Fex · Post by **The Fex** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:04 pm

Majestic290 wrote:If an eighth-note triplet is the same thing as one quarter note

It isn't.

1-2-3 / 1-2-3 / 1-2-3 / 1-2-3

HTH

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Bobbotov · Post by **Bobbotov** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:17 pm

I am not sure what you mean that an eighth triplet is the same as a quarter note. The eighth triplet is three notes played for every quarter note. So in a 4/4 measure you could have twelve eighth note triplets in a measure.

Here is what it looks like:
http://www.rockdrummingsystem.com/under ... plet-3.jpg

Sixteenth note triplets are just twice as many as eighth note triplets so you would get a total of six notes for every quarter note in 4/4. That would give a total of 24 sixteenth note triplets per measure.

Here is a short video that compares eighth and sixteenth note triplets.

japut_99 · Post by **japut_99** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:35 pm

My favorite ways to count triplets;

quarter note trips= 1a2 3a4 (make sure the ah is closer to the next beat than it is the beginning beat-maybe even think doo-dah-doo if that makes the sense))
eight note trips=1ta ta 2ta ta 3ta ta4ta ta(why tata you ask-its coming)
sixteenth trips= 1ti ta and ti ta 2ti ta and ti ta 3ti ta and ti ta 4ti ta and ti ta

I have seen other devices to count 3s but for my feel and what I need to make sub divisions this is pretty handy. Thanks to Mr. Carmine Appice for the ti ta nugget.

P.s. I tried to get them lined up right but you know its superbowl sunday and I'm just gettting some post count up while I'm logged in. So just practice 1 ta ta 2 ta ta etc real slow at first and while you are counting 8th note trips ramp it up to twice as fast doing the 1 ti ta and ti ta etc. all while keeping your foot tapping on the 1 ,2 , 3 etc (metronome anyone) and the meter together. You can also do 16th trips real easy with an eight note pulse as someone else had mentioned. It works for me and all the people I teach it to really well after some practice.

Btw Fast quarter note trips have very interesting effects. I would try them before you write them off as worthless. YMMV

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:53 pm

Majestic290 wrote:If an eighth-note triplet is the same thing as one quarter note since it has one beat...why not just use the quarter note...what is the use of an eighth-note triplet.

Also, sixteenth-note triplets....how do you count these?

An 8th is half of a quarter, triplet 8th is one-third of a quarter note. A 16th is one-fourth of a quarter, triplet 16th is one-sixth of a quarter note.

1 divided by 3 ≠ 1. 1/3; a triplet division of 'one beat'. 'Triplet 8th' is at 3:1 freqency of occurrence vis a vis a quarter note duration. 3 in the time of one.

Tap your foot an even number of times, 2, 4 etc, and evenly space 3 handclaps (count-outs, anything) for each one.

It will be useful to compare how 3 subdivisions of a beat work vs 2 subdivisions of a beat, find out how it feels.

Once you're confident you can pull off 3 even subdivisions per each foot tap (this foot tap is your 'beat'), do 3 for each two foot taps. It might be awkward for a time. It might be more comfortable to pose 2 against 3, in your mind.

try it like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6, the emphasis agreeing with your (2) foot taps.

Now, at the same tempo or basic speed: 1 2 3 4 5 6. In this latter one, you find that your foot taps on 1 and 4. But you're emphasising the three division.

Now substitute hand claps or hits for the vocals.

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