Naming different types of triplets + Tuplet explanation.

OTHER TUPLETS :

– DUPLETS –

2 : 3

*( A duplet is a group of two notes, which spans three of its note-type.
Used in compound time ( 3/4 ) to divide a beat that should contain three parts into two equal parts.
Duplets work like triplets, except in reverse.
Duplets are used to put two notes in a space where there should be three.
For example : dividing a dotted quarter note into two duplet eighth notes instead of three
( using divisions of 2 in 3/4 time ).

TRIPLETS - ( above )

– QUADRUPLETS –

4 : 3

*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.
If the quadruplet spans more than three notes, it is designated a ratio such as 4:5 or 4:6;
meaning four notes in place of five or six. )

– QUINTUPLETS –

5 : 4

*( A quintuplet is a group of five notes, which – in simple meter ( 4/4 )– fits into the length of four of its note-type.
In compound meter ( 3/4 ), five notes take the place of three.
five quintuplet eighth notes total the same duration as a half note.
In 4/4 time (simple meter), eighth-note quintuplets span four normal eighth-notes.
In 6/8 time (compound meter), quintuplets span the length of three eighth-notes.
The quintuplet may be designated a ratio, such as 5:4 or 5:3: Five notes for every four or three, respectively. )

– SEXTUPLETS –

6 : 4

[i]*( A sextuplet is a note-grouping of six, which is played inside the length of four of its note-type.
For example, a sextuplet written with eighth-notes spans four normal (or “straight” eighth-notes. )

This six-part division may be regarded either as a triplet with each note divided in half
(2 + 2 + 2)—therefore with an accent on the first, third, and fifth notes
or as an ordinary duple pattern with each note subdivided into triplets (3 + 3)
and accented on both the first and fourth notes.[/i]

– SEPTUPLETS –

7 : 4

*( A septuplet is a note-grouping of seven, commonly played in the length of four or six of its note-type.
For example, seven eighth-notes spanning four normal (or “straight”) eighth-notes.
a septuplet lasting a whole note can be written with either quarter notes (7:4) or eighth notes (7:8).
Two groups of 7:4 septuplets fit in one measure of common time.
One eighth-note septuplet spans six straight eighths in 6/8 time.
it’s rare for a division of seven notes to appear in the middle of a song,
the time signature 7/8 tends to be used instead – that way, the entire song is affected. )


Please correct me if you can find mistakes from octuplets to tredecuplets.


– OCTUPLETS –

8 : 6

*( A group of eight musical notes to be performed in the time of six of the same value. )

– NONUPLETS –

9 : 8

*( A group of nine musical notes to be performed in the time of eight or six. )

– DECUPLETS –

10 : 8

*( A group of ten notes played in the time of eight. )

– UNDECUPLETS –

11 : 8

*( A group of 11 notes performed in the time of 8. )

– DODECUPLETS –

12 : 8

*( A group of 12 notes performed in the time of 8. )

– TREDECUPLETS –

13 : 8

*( A group of 13 notes performed in the time of 8. )

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