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How do you count quarter-note triplets in 4/4? (Or more generally any triplet of notes that only get two beats.)

ive heard
1-trip-let 3-trip-let

if thats what youre looking for.. and you drag it out to its not quick...yeah you know what i mean right?

yipeuph1 wrote:How about the 1-la-li

wow i never thought of that. thats good.

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think

one two and three , three two and three

if someone else is playing the quarter notes behind it...

Sorry. My mistake. Admin, please erase this. Thx.

The easiest way (the way I get my students to do it) is to do an exercise with eighth note triplets. Use any of the triple tongue exercises in the Arbans. Now, tie these notes together. 1+2, 3+4, 5+6, 7+8, 9+10, 11+12. You have just played quarter note triplets. Voila!

- Pat Stuckemeyer

Mark wrote:How do you count quarter-note triplets in 4/4? (Or more generally any triplet of notes that only get two beats.)

First... think 6/8.
beat 1 = quarter note, eighth note
beat 2 = eighth note, quarter note

Say that rhythm over a few times.

Now, tie together the two eighth notes.

Even though you are in 4/4 you need to think 6/8 (12/8 actually) and you need to subdivide in eighth note triplets.

This isn't easy, it will take time.

The most common mistake is making the quarter note triplets sound like dotted eighth, dotted eighth, eighth. Again, to do it correctly you must think 6/8 or 12/8 (ie swung eighth notes) instead of 4/4 (straight eighth notes).

Best of luck and have plenty of patience!

When I was doing my military service in a conscript band here in Finland we had this one piece Tali-Ihantala where hole band had to play that four beat long triplet. It was kinda tricky. Actually I was playing grandcassa, but it was still hard. If you would like to get it into smaller parts its quite hard. I found that the easiest way to get it right was chancing my own counting to alla breve. The piece was in 4/4, but before the triplet thing I started to count in 2/4 in half tempo. It's much more easier that way.

-Lauri