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Topic: Counting quarter note triplets..  (Read 3587 times)

Offline alb-d

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Counting quarter note triplets..
on: June 20, 2008, 07:36:50 AM
I know they get the same duartion as a half note.. but I get confused when counting them.

Any advice?

Offline faulty_damper

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Re: Counting quarter note triplets..
Reply #1 on: June 20, 2008, 07:46:00 AM
You use the half note as the beat and simply fit three within it.

You shouldn't count because that's the most difficult way to learn rhythm.
 

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