Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 2000/11

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing seven triplets
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:52:53 -0500

I'm embarrassed to post this, but I found a textbook on notation
which answers the tuplet question in a straightforward and (hindsight is
always easier!) obvious manner.

This book (Essential Dictionary of Music Notation, by Gerou and
Lusk) says explicitly and firmly and several times that different note
values are allowed within a tuplet.
A tuplet is not limited to (say) all eighth notes. It could be
(say) a dotted quarter note, followed an eighth note, followed by a half
note --- all written under a bracket with a "3". The dotted quarter
note would be played at 2/3 value, and so would the eighth note, and so
would the half note. It would all add up to "2" instead of "3".
This wouldn't be easy to play for many of us, but it would be
absolutely clear and specific.

Therefore if I wanted 7 eighth notes to be played in strict triplet
rhythm, followed by 2/3 of a quarter note to get back on the beat:

I would write two eighth-note triplets (each triplet under its own
bracket and "3"), followed by the seventh eighth note and the quarter
note under a single bracket and "3".

Ties and slurs can cross both bar lines and time signatures. I
notice that the book does not explicitly prohibit this in the case of a
tuplet's bracket.

Cheers,
Bill

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