How to Play Flam Rudiments : The Triplet Drum Theory: Part 1

[DeathMetalMilitia305]

Everyone everyone... Just divide by 0.

[gnargnarrads]

If you're subdividing your quarter note by 3 then it's called a borrowed division and designated with a 3 above or beneath the notes. Duple meters like 4/4 typically subdivide the beat by two and triple meters like 6/8 and 12/8 subdivide by 3.

[labandero]

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[LuckySnare7]

Finally a dotted note is the value of itself plus half it's value: A dotted quarter note would be 1 quarter note + 1 eighth note. Sorry for the typoes on "eigth" and other small parts. Hope that help on interpreting triplets.

[HannaPdP]

Thank you I finally get it!!! So I play a dotted half time polyrythm compound meter in a divided odd time signature and a polymetric quintublet but not at quarter pulse duplet over three... Thanks ;) ps. love your comments. I agree with you.

[LuckySnare7]

Let me just add: Time signature is a fraction, if the upper number is divisible by 3, it can interpreted as compound time signatures. The answer of that division is how many beats in that meter. 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 = 2,3, and 4 beats in a measure. Or multiply the lower number *value* by three and you get how many beats are in the measure. (not 8 X 3 =24 but 1/8 X 3 = dotted quarter note)-(3 eighth notes = a dotted quarter note)

[LuckySnare7]

Question: "Wait if it's a 16th note subdivision why is it 12/8 time - "that's not 16th notes?" (how many notes per bar - 12)/8(what type of note gets a beat - eighth note) Well a triplet (3/4) based meter like 12/8 is felt in what is called a compound time signature. For this meter it is a grouping three eigth notes per beat (the dotted quater note gets a beat) - counting ex. 12/8- 1+a2+a3+a4+a = 1e+ a2e +a3 e+a - thus having four beats like 4/4 time causing confusion among amatures in theory.

[LuckySnare7]

At the most simplest level their called triplets because it is in 3/4 time, giving you 3 quarter notes in a bar. More indepth, making that same meter (or time signature) 16th notes or a 4-note subdivison within 3/4 time - 1e+a2e+a3e+a, you get 12/8 time. Allow me to explain guys.