Tuplet practice — Compound metre, Easy — Set 1

How do you count an eighth-note triplet?

Answer: 1-trip-let or 1-la-li

In 6/8, what is a duplet?

Answer: 2 notes equally dividing a dotted-quarter beat

Triplet + triplet + triplet in 4/4 = how many beats?

Answer: 3 beats (each triplet group = 1 beat)

What is a triplet?

Answer: 3 notes in the space of 2

How many eighth-note triplets fit in one ♩ beat?

Answer: 3

What is a duplet?

Answer: 2 notes in the space of 3 (used in compound time)

In 4/4, how long is each note in an eighth-note triplet?

Answer: ⅓ of a beat

A quarter-note triplet spans how many beats?

Answer: 2 beats (3 quarter notes in the space of 2)

What does the number 3 above/below notes indicate?

Answer: Triplet — play 3 in the time of 2

What is a quintuplet?

Answer: 5 notes in the space of 4