Timing And Duration Of Quarter Note Triplets 3

[Sarandib22]

Not only is that insanely confusing, but it's not correct. (I teach piano - came across this looking for an example for my student who's on vacation.)

Use the word "tri-pi-let" the same as you would for 8th note triplets. But instead of timing it to fit in the duration of a quarter note (ex: "1, 2, tri-pi-let, 4"), say it so that it takes up 2 beats ("1, tri-pi-let, 4"), Takes some practice, but it's correct. If anything but the first note falls on the actual beat, it's not correct.

[Christkeys09]

very very helpful thank you.

[guyroeeandbuzi]

i'm looking for a vid that will explain me how to approach quintets (5 hits per quarter) it seems so unnetural

[cyberflea07]

be careful with numbers with two syllables :seven eleven 'couse you might accidentally give two beats instead of one....

[Jon70]

@cyberflea07 good idea, thats why i recomend never counting that high to begin with, just count up to 4 or 6 max, then repeat another similar count if necessisary.

[Dynamik5]

Yea, very good tip. Another idea is shortening the words themselves to one syllable. For me seven becomes "sev", eleven becomes "lev" twelve becomes "twel" since the vvveee adds more time to the pronunciation. I only count up to eight tho, which works for me ;). Cheers

[vzagle]

shouldn't the counting for the triples on the top staff be 1 + a, 2 + a, 3 + a, 4 + a, thus the two beat triplets being couted on the 1, the a, and then the + of the second beat? something like this (1 ) + (a) 2 (+) a (the beats i've "circled" would be the beats where you play the two beat triplets)

[Jon70]

On the first statement, yes, if your counting up to 4, but you see after a while especially you run into to many "1 ee and da, 2 ee and da, etc"....so I maket the counting easier by doing that...basically breaking the measures up to two counts of 4. (4 as in four eigth notes). It can be applied almost everywhere in music. For one beat, sixteenths would be counted as someting like : 1 and 2 and

If its a triplet for that beat then only:

1 and 2 , but you must remember it's a triplet.

[laughloveSING]

i am auditioning for the all-state choir tomorrow, and these rhythms have been quite challenging for me. thank you thank you THANK YOU for this video! now i will ace the audition (:

[dorkahurtado]

GRACIASSSSSSSS

[Jon70]

Some times counting can get or seem to be so "complicated" that other ways must be utilized. For example this is a bit complicated:

1 ee an da

2 ee and da

3 ee and da

4 ee and da

Thats alot to be going through your head especially when performing. A way to remidy this is to use usually break each measure up into two sets that count up to four, that is, each eigth note will have a count of 1 of that four.

Then you can count sixteenth notes by using an "an" in your mind.

[Jon70]

for 16th notes:

1 and 2 and

3 and 4 and

1 and 2 and

3 and 4 and

Note then the measure is two sets of counting up to 4 basically.

[Jon70]

For stuff like 6/8 and 12/8 timing, you can still use the ideas:

1 2 3

4 5 6

can be converted in your mind to:

1 and 2

3 and 4

[Jon70]

@Jon70 Just like with 4/4 being divided into two sets you would not want to count this in 12/8 timing

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

thats alot of counting, so its obvious to break it into two sets of:

1 2 3

4 5 6

1 2 3

4 5 6

[viterchan]

@Jon70 can u shed also some light about the minim triplets ,please try to make it just like the way u did it from 8th note trplets to quarter and to minim.

[reefmaster]

you cant do the exact math on triplets, the best thing you can do is just feel em. tri-pl-et and they should drag alittle bit.

[dohead]

i knew how to do 1/8 note triplets but the 1/4 note triplets were killing me. now i fully understand them. gonna take some time to get used to though. thanks!

:D

[alloneword154]

well there ah, jon, i would have liked to hear it played in a musical setting, but it was still informative