I suck at triplets

[Beauford33]

I wish we were able to post real note instead of having to write them. I know what youre talking about Josh.

[fatjack]

I wish we were able to post real note instead of having to write them. I know what youre talking about Josh.

i was just thinkin about that...

[Beauford33]

its a lot easier to refer using that actually symbols for rests

[MWR]

One and a Two and a Three and a....same thing as BK. watch the downbeat, it can get tricky if you think about it while doing it.

that is probably the worst way you can count a tuplet... that is usually how you can a eighth and two sixteenths pattern

Also called "swing eigths" or "shuffle". Very different than triplets indeed.

not exactly, there is only one sixteenth note in a swing eighth.

That's how you count swing eigths my friend. Your not going to out-theory me this time.

no, what tictacs wrote had three notes per beat, swing eighths have only two per beat

What tictacs wrote is how you usually count eighth note triplets that have been swung or an eight and two sixteenths. I'm postive but whatever...

[Mykoal]

I'm learning these now in my Fundamentals of music class. We say trip-a-let. Our professor constanly reminds us not to think of it as 2 eigth notes and a quarter note. Constantly think trip-a-let.

[Beauford33]

One and a Two and a Three and a....same thing as BK. watch the downbeat, it can get tricky if you think about it while doing it.

that is probably the worst way you can count a tuplet... that is usually how you can a eighth and two sixteenths pattern

Also called "swing eigths" or "shuffle". Very different than triplets indeed.

not exactly, there is only one sixteenth note in a swing eighth.

That's how you count swing eigths my friend. Your not going to out-theory me this time.

no, what tictacs wrote had three notes per beat, swing eighths have only two per beat

What tictacs wrote is how you usually count eighth note triplets that have been swung or an eight and two sixteenths. I'm postive but whatever...

eith note triplet that has been swung....that is crazy. Eighth and two sixteenths would have and "e" "and" a" in volved.

[fatjack]

One and a Two and a Three and a....same thing as BK. watch the downbeat, it can get tricky if you think about it while doing it.

that is probably the worst way you can count a tuplet... that is usually how you can a eighth and two sixteenths pattern

Also called "swing eigths" or "shuffle". Very different than triplets indeed.

not exactly, there is only one sixteenth note in a swing eighth.

That's how you count swing eigths my friend. Your not going to out-theory me this time.

no, what tictacs wrote had three notes per beat, swing eighths have only two per beat

What tictacs wrote is how you usually count eighth note triplets that have been swung or an eight and two sixteenths. I'm postive but whatever...

OH, i thought you were talking about just swing eighths, not swung triplets

[i like tictacs]

this conversation is ridiculous. i've seen 5 different people use 5 different ways to count in their head.

[a1075dd63aa12]

cool, i appreciate the help, that trip-a-let thing helped a ton, it was one of those things where it just wouldnt click in my head that made it click

thanks

[dmfollower]

i know nothing about triplets and counting but i learned how to play "johnny b good" and someone told me that the song was played with triplets so i guess i know how to play them.....