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Anonymous
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| posted: 3/28/2005 at 2:05:04 PM ET
hey, i'm kinda new to reading rhythms more complicated than basic 16ths & such. i just joined my high schools drumline though and i ran into triplets, and i'm not really sure how to count those out. like quarter note gets one count, double eighth note is "one and" etc. any help would be greatly appreciated!
-james
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 toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 3/28/2005 at 3:34:10 PM ET
Hey James,
A triplet is a group of three eighth notes that must be played in the space of one count.
So four beats would sound like this: tri-ple-ti, tri-ple-ti, tri-ple-ti, tri-ple-ti.
I can't think of a song off the top of my head that would be a good example of this. Can anybody else? Hope this helps.
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 Pete
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3/20/2005 | posted: 3/28/2005 at 7:57:51 PM ET
The intro to ""Johnny B. Good"" maybe?
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Anonymous
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| posted: 3/28/2005 at 10:50:08 PM ET
row row row your boat....
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 maintube
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5/26/2004 | posted: 3/28/2005 at 11:02:59 PM ET
Yeah the "merrily" part of row your boat are triplets.
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toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 3/28/2005 at 11:51:24 PM ET
I found an example of a song you could listen to. The song is called "Romanza" and you can hear an example of it on this classical guitarist's web site.
http://www.darrencurtisskanson,com/classicalguitar.htm
The example is on the second CD.
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toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 3/28/2005 at 11:58:41 PM ET
Let's try that link again:
http://www.darrencurtisskanson.com/classicalguitar.htm
You type in a comma instead of a period a blam, the whole thing explodes. Sigh.
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