Klarinet Archive - Posting 000543.txt from 2000/11

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing seven triplets
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:39:35 -0500

William Wright wrote:

> 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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Or, change to 9/8 time, indicate previous quarter equal to subsequent dotted
quarter and write 7 eighths and a quarter?

David

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