![]() So, say you are in 4/4 time, which you seem to know well. The way that you count the triplet is by saying 'tri-pl-et', with three syllables in order to get three beats. But this is important: EVERY TIME SIGNATURE CAN HAVE A TRIPLET IN IT. Sorry, I am not familiar with the bands you mentioned, but 25/16 time signature would be VERY confusing to count. OK, you have the 'per beat' thing down, but I think I must have been confusing about the triplets. which woould be 6 notes per beat if it were triplets?ħ/8 = 8th note per beat - 4 sixteenth per beat - 2 32nd - no tripletsĦ/4 = quarter note per beat - 3 eighth notes per beat - 4 16th per beat - 6 16th triplets per beatĩ/8 = 8th note per beat - 4 16th per beat - 2 32nd - no tripletsĮdited 1 time(s). Let's take a few more time signatures and see if, maybe, I'm correct with the subdivisions.ġ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and I think it is comprised of 4/12 and 4/12 so there could be 4 16th notes per beat and triplets as well because triplets aren't already 'programmed' in it, as you said. I was wondering if you could break it down for me. I only know this becasue of a tab of the song on their website. The first 19 measures of the first song, Rational Gaze, are in 25/16. Ok, I'm not sure if you're familiar with any of the bands I listed in my first post but here is a link to Meshuggah's myspace page. If it were in 5/4, you would be able to fit 8 16th notes, and if it were in 5/2 (which I have never seen before) you would be able to fit in 16 16th notes in, as the whole note would get one beat. Oh, also be sure to understand the you can fit 4 16th notes on one beat BECAUSE it is in 5/8. I hope I am not making this harder than it has to be, as it is very easy once you understand it. So there does not need to be any triplets in 3/4, 5/8, 6/8, or any of those, as they already have a sort of triplet 'programmed' into them. Now there is also a sort of waltz that has 5 beats to a measure, and the accent only on 1, but that is much less common, so we don't need to worry about it for now. So you would put the accent on the beat 1 and 4, or 1 and 3, depending on if you are have the three beat sequence go first or second. As you seem to know already, the timing 5/8 is actually usually a mixture of 2/8 and 3/8. Therefore you count it out '1 2 3', and not 'tri-pl-et'. The timing 3/4 actually does not need to have any triplets in it, as it is based on a triplet timing itself. ![]() A triplet is three notes fit into one or more beats. I think it is important to define what a triplet is. For 8 years I've worried a lot about technique and not about what I was playing, so I would really appreciate all the help I can get. I'm a huge fan of Dream Theater, Symphony X, Nevermore (obviously by the name) and Meshuggah.etc etc.and I'd really like to grasp the time signatures as well as theory in general. Really, I guess, what I want to know is do I play notes according to the beat, and does it matter the time signature. I'm having trouble with most everything but 4/4. It's not just the odd meter of 5/8 either. Can I play 8th notes = 5 notes in all 8th note triplets = 15 notes in all 16th notes on each beat consisting of 20 notes in all, or 16th note triplets = 30 notes in all, so on and so forth. For example 5/8 - I understand that there are 5 beats in each measure and an eighth note represents the beat, but, what I am having a difficult time grasping is what notes can I play on each beat. ![]() Ok, so here's my dilemma, I'm trying to learn different time signatures to play in, other than 4/4 and I'm having a difficult time figuring out the subdivions of the notes.
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