Klarinet Archive - Posting 000551.txt from 2000/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing seven triplets
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:23:16 -0500

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:52:53 -0800 (PST), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> 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.

Better be sure that all your players have read it, then:-)

> 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.

Yes, this is all normal.

> 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:

Where did this 2/3 of a quarter note come into it? I thought you just
wanted the 7 triplet eighth notes in your bar.

> 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".

OK, if that's what you wanted, then it's as you say. We thought you
wanted something more out of the ordinary.

By the way, the *only* important thing is that *your players* understand
what you want.

Tony
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