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\new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 4/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 80
 c4 \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c }
 c4 \tuplet 5/4 { c16 c c c c }
 c4
}
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You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/e/1ea3xyusyw770pzh5dli2ezzv76si3k/1ea3xyus.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Rhythm with tuplets: a triplet on the second beat and a quintuplet on the fourth</div></div></div> <p>In music, a <b>tuplet</b> (also <b>irrational rhythm</b> or <b>groupings</b>, <b>artificial division</b> or <b>groupings</b>, <b>abnormal divisions</b>, <b>irregular rhythm</b>, <b>gruppetto</b>, <b>extra-metric groupings</b>, or, rarely, <b>contrametric rhythm</b>) is "any <a href="/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a> that involves dividing the <a href="/wiki/Beat_(music)" title="Beat (music)">beat</a> into a different number of equal <a href="/wiki/Divisive_rhythm" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisive rhythm">subdivisions</a> from that usually permitted by the <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time-signature</a> (e.g., triplets, duplets, etc.)"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHumphries2002266_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHumphries2002266-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is indicated by a number, or sometimes two indicating the fraction involved. The <a href="/wiki/Musical_note" title="Musical note">notes</a> involved are also often grouped with a bracket or (in older notation) a <a href="/wiki/Slur_(music)" title="Slur (music)">slur</a>. </p><p>The most common type of tuplet is the triplet. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern term 'tuplet' comes from a <a href="/wiki/Rebracketing" title="Rebracketing">rebracketing</a> of compound words like quintu(s)-(u)plet and sextu(s)-(u)plet, and from related mathematical terms such as "<a href="/wiki/Tuple" title="Tuple">tuple</a>", "-uplet" and "-plet", which are used to form terms denoting <a href="/wiki/Multiplet" title="Multiplet">multiplets</a> (<i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, entries "multiplet", "-plet, <i>comb. form</i>", "-let, <i>suffix</i>", and "-et, <i>suffix</i><sup>1</sup>"). An alternative modern term, "irrational rhythm", was originally borrowed from Greek <a href="/wiki/Meter_(poetry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meter (poetry)">prosody</a> where it referred to "a syllable having a metrical value not corresponding to its actual time-value, or ... a metrical foot containing such a syllable" (<i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, entry "irrational"). The term would be incorrect if used in the <a href="/wiki/Irrational_number" title="Irrational number">mathematical sense</a> (because the note-values are <a href="/wiki/Rational_number" title="Rational number">rational</a> fractions) or in the more general sense of "unreasonable, utterly illogical, absurd". </p><p>Alternative terms found occasionally are "artificial division",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones197419_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones197419-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "abnormal divisions",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDonato196334_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDonato196334-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "irregular rhythm",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964181_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964181-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "irregular rhythmic groupings".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy1994_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy1994-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "<a href="/wiki/Polyrhythm" title="Polyrhythm">polyrhythm</a>" (or "polymeter"), sometimes incorrectly used instead of "tuplets", actually refers to the simultaneous use of opposing time signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964167_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964167-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides "triplet", the terms "duplet", "quadruplet", "quintuplet", "sextuplet", "septuplet", and "octuplet" are used frequently. The terms "nonuplet", "decuplet", "undecuplet", "dodecuplet", and "tredecuplet" had been suggested but up until 1925 had not caught on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunstan1925[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_September_2013]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(September_2013)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunstan1925[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_September_2013]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(September_2013)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1964 the terms "nonuplet" and "decuplet" were usual, while subdivisions by greater numbers were more commonly described as "group of eleven notes", "group of twelve notes", and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964189_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964189-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Triplet">Triplet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Triplet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common tuplet<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchonbrun20078_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchonbrun20078-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <b>triplet</b> (German <i>Triole</i>, French <i>triolet</i>, Italian <i>terzina</i> or <i>tripletta</i>, Spanish <i>tresillo</i>). Whereas normally two <a href="/wiki/Quarter_note" title="Quarter note">quarter notes</a> (crotchets) are the same <a href="/wiki/Duration_(music)" title="Duration (music)">duration</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Half_note" title="Half note">half note</a> (minim), three triplet quarter notes have that same duration, so the duration of a triplet quarter note is <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> the <a href="/wiki/Duration_(music)" title="Duration (music)">duration</a> of a standard quarter note. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/q/kqz7svr2zbmmm951gyuskj3mp5ghxsq/kqz7svr2.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/q/kqz7svr2zbmmm951gyuskj3mp5ghxsq/kqz7svr2.png" width="141" height="51" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
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 c4 c
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}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/q/kqz7svr2zbmmm951gyuskj3mp5ghxsq/kqz7svr2.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/q/kqz7svr2zbmmm951gyuskj3mp5ghxsq/kqz7svr2.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>Similarly, three triplet <a href="/wiki/Eighth_notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth notes">eighth notes</a> (quavers) are equal in duration to one quarter note. If several note values appear under the triplet bracket, they are all affected the same way, reduced to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> their original duration. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/j/f/jf4dbnfhr4uvecqka03rsuxvl03bqcc/jf4dbnfh.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/j/f/jf4dbnfhr4uvecqka03rsuxvl03bqcc/jf4dbnfh.png" width="238" height="50" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 2/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
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}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/j/f/jf4dbnfhr4uvecqka03rsuxvl03bqcc/jf4dbnfh.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/j/f/jf4dbnfhr4uvecqka03rsuxvl03bqcc/jf4dbnfh.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>The triplet indication may also apply to notes of different values, for example a quarter note followed by one eighth note, in which case the quarter note may be regarded as two triplet eighths tied together.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGehrkens192119_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGehrkens192119-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/f/8fe6kikx1jxie0vi4t32e2ouy2tlh3y/8fe6kikx.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/f/8fe6kikx1jxie0vi4t32e2ouy2tlh3y/8fe6kikx.png" width="123" height="51" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 2/4
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}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/f/8fe6kikx1jxie0vi4t32e2ouy2tlh3y/8fe6kikx.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/f/8fe6kikx1jxie0vi4t32e2ouy2tlh3y/8fe6kikx.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>In some older scores, rhythms like this would be notated as a <a href="/wiki/Dotted_note" title="Dotted note">dotted</a> eighth note and a sixteenth note as a kind of shorthand<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroeger2003172_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETroeger2003172-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presumably so that the beaming more clearly shows the beats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tuplet_notation">Tuplet notation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tuplet notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notation">Notation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tuplets are typically notated either with a bracket or with a number above or below the <a href="/wiki/Beam_(music)" title="Beam (music)">beam</a> if the notes are beamed together. Sometimes, the tuplet is notated with a <a href="/wiki/Ratio" title="Ratio">ratio</a> (instead of just a number) — with the first number in the ratio indicating the number of notes in the tuplet and the second number indicating the number of normal notes they have the same duration as — or with a ratio and a note value. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/p/u/pu6o960l2zum2xk2lw6lk0mj5qtxm23/pu6o960l.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/p/u/pu6o960l2zum2xk2lw6lk0mj5qtxm23/pu6o960l.png" width="225" height="39" alt=" {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\new RhythmicStaff {
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} }
" /></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhythm">Rhythm</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rhythm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Simple_meter">Simple meter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Simple meter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For other tuplets, the number indicates a <a href="/wiki/Ratio" title="Ratio">ratio</a> to the next <i>lower</i> normal value in the prevailing meter (a <a href="/wiki/Power_of_two" title="Power of two">power of 2</a> in <a href="/wiki/Simple_meter" class="mw-redirect" title="Simple meter">simple meter</a>). So a <b>quintuplet</b> (<b>quintolet</b> or <b>pentuplet</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECunningham2007111_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECunningham2007111-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) indicated with the numeral 5 means that five of the indicated note value total the <a href="/wiki/Duration_(music)" title="Duration (music)">duration</a> normally occupied by four (or, as a division of a dotted note in compound time, three), equivalent to the <i>second</i> higher note value. For example, five quintuplet eighth notes total the same duration as a half note (or, in <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>3</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>8</b></sub></span></span></span></span> or compound meters such as <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>6</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>8</b></sub></span></span></span></span>, <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>9</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>8</b></sub></span></span></span></span>, etc. time, a dotted quarter note). </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/g/t/gtu9e0t7qyohfcrqrj7fg2j7zn36nhq/gtu9e0t7.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/g/t/gtu9e0t7qyohfcrqrj7fg2j7zn36nhq/gtu9e0t7.png" width="264" height="50" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 2/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
 c8 c c c
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 c2
}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/g/t/gtu9e0t7qyohfcrqrj7fg2j7zn36nhq/gtu9e0t7.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/g/t/gtu9e0t7qyohfcrqrj7fg2j7zn36nhq/gtu9e0t7.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>Some numbers are used inconsistently: for example <b>septuplets</b> (<b>septolets</b> or <b>septimoles</b>) usually indicate 7 notes in the <a href="/wiki/Duration_(music)" title="Duration (music)">duration</a> of 4—or in compound meter 7 for 6—but may sometimes be used to mean 7 notes in the duration of 8.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964183–184_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964183–184-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, a septuplet lasting a whole note can be written with either quarter notes (7:4) or eighth notes (7:8). </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/p/lp880zzgthp0x0e5in0qhzzfdrixfqu/lp880zzg.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/p/lp880zzgthp0x0e5in0qhzzfdrixfqu/lp880zzg.png" width="289" height="44" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 4/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
 \tuplet 7/4 { c4 c c c c c c }
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}
" /></div></dd></dl> <p>To avoid ambiguity, composers sometimes write the ratio explicitly instead of just a single number. This is also done for cases like 7:11, where the validity of this practice is established by the complexity of the figure. A French alternative is to write <i>pour</i> ("for") or <i>de</i> ("of") in place of the colon, or above the bracketed "irregular" number.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964219–221_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964219–221-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This reflects the French usage of, for example, "six-pour-quatre" as an alternative name for the <i>sextolet</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183879_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183879-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHubbard1924480_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHubbard1924480-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are disagreements about the <b>sextuplet</b> (pronounced with stress on the first syllable, according to Baker<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—which is also called <b>sestole</b>, <b>sestolet</b>, <b>sextole</b>, or <b>sextolet</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooper197332_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooper197332-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELatham2002_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELatham2002-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662,_68,_87,_93_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662,_68,_87,_93-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–1889_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–1889-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2001_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor2001-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This six-part division may be regarded either as a triplet with each note divided in half (2 + 2 + 2)—therefore with an accent on the first, third, and fifth notes—or else as an ordinary duple pattern with each note subdivided into triplets (3 + 3) and accented on both the first and fourth notes. This is indicated by the beaming in the example below. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/i/7/i7i9r91e1yyy5gzqt9h6lfsibgk4yc4/i7i9r91e.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/i/7/i7i9r91e1yyy5gzqt9h6lfsibgk4yc4/i7i9r91e.png" width="245" height="51" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 2/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
 \tuplet 6/4 { c16 \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c c }
 \tuplet 6/4 { c16 c \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c c c }
}
" /></div></dd></dl> <p>Some authorities treat both groupings as equally valid forms,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183880_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183880-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKöhler18582:52–53_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKöhler18582:52–53-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELatham2002_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELatham2002-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarx1853114_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarx1853114-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964215_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964215-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others dispute this, holding the first type to be the "true" (or "real") sextuplet, and the second type to be properly a "double triplet", which should always be written and named as such.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKastner183894_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKastner183894-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134–135_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134–135-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some go so far as to call the latter, when written with a numeral 6, a "false" sextuplet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELobe188136_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELobe188136-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Still others, on the contrary, define the sextuplet precisely and solely as the double triplet,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESembos200686_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESembos200686-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a few more, while accepting the distinction, contend that the true sextuplet has no internal subdivisions—only the first note of the group should be accented.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2001_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor2001-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Compound_meter">Compound meter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Compound meter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Compound_meter_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Compound meter (music)">compound meter</a>, even-numbered tuplets can indicate that a note value is changed in relation to the <a href="/wiki/Dotted_note" title="Dotted note">dotted</a> version of the next higher <a href="/wiki/Note_value" title="Note value">note value</a>. Thus, two <b>duplet</b> <a href="/wiki/Eighth_note" title="Eighth note">eighth notes</a> (most often used in <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>6</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>8</b></sub></span></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Metre_(music)" title="Metre (music)">meter</a>) take the time normally totaled by three eighth notes, equal to a dotted quarter note. Four <b>quadruplet</b> (or <b>quartole</b>) eighth notes would also equal a dotted quarter note. The duplet eighth note is thus exactly the same duration as a dotted eighth note, but the duplet notation is far more common in compound meters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones197420_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones197420-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/s/lsmd0c6l4xmjagrrnzp7v0dik9h59zy/lsmd0c6l.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/s/lsmd0c6l4xmjagrrnzp7v0dik9h59zy/lsmd0c6l.png" width="480" height="50" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 6/8
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
 c8 c c c c c
 \tuplet 2/3 { c8 c } c8. c
 \tuplet 4/3 { c8 c c c } c16. c c c
 c2.
}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/s/lsmd0c6l4xmjagrrnzp7v0dik9h59zy/lsmd0c6l.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/s/lsmd0c6l4xmjagrrnzp7v0dik9h59zy/lsmd0c6l.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>A duplet in compound time is more often written as 2:3 (a dotted quarter note split into two duplet eighth notes) than 2:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> (a dotted quarter note split into two duplet quarter notes), even though the former is inconsistent with a quadruplet also being written as 4:3 (a dotted quarter note split into four quadruplet eighth notes).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnon.1997–2000_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnon.1997–2000-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nested_tuplets">Nested tuplets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Nested tuplets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On occasion, tuplets are used "inside" tuplets. These are referred to as <i>nested tuplets</i>. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/h/rh2s8tf3frdbj299ody7dx4aofbmlp1/rh2s8tf3.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/h/rh2s8tf3frdbj299ody7dx4aofbmlp1/rh2s8tf3.png" width="407" height="66" alt=" \new RhythmicStaff {
 \clef percussion
 \time 2/4
 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 68
 \once \override TupletBracket.bracket-visibility = ##t \tuplet 5/4 {c8[ \tuplet 3/2 { c16 c c] } c4 \tuplet 7/4 { c32[ c c c c c c] } } c2
}
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/h/rh2s8tf3frdbj299ody7dx4aofbmlp1/rh2s8tf3.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/h/rh2s8tf3frdbj299ody7dx4aofbmlp1/rh2s8tf3.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counting">Counting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Counting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tuplets can produce rhythms such as the <a href="/wiki/Hemiola" title="Hemiola">hemiola</a> or may be used as <a href="/wiki/Polyrhythm" title="Polyrhythm">polyrhythms</a> when played against the regular duration. They are <a href="/wiki/Extrametric" class="mw-redirect" title="Extrametric">extrametric</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythmic unit">rhythmic units</a>. The example below shows sextuplets in quintuplet time. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Sextuplet_against_five_rhythm.mid"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/5/85agv7t0bdixwodglliwtt3cwo8nwl1/85agv7t0.png" width="195" height="69" alt="
<< \relative c' {
 \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-2 2)
 \clef percussion
 \time 5/4
 \override TupletNumber.text = #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text
 \tuplet 6/5 { e4 e e e e e } e4
} \\ \relative c' {
 a4 a a a a a
}
>>
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/override-midi/c/i/ci7c9rjyeqv7p5n6yb3fu5jglogjlve.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/override-midi/c/i/ci7c9rjyeqv7p5n6yb3fu5jglogjlve.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>Tuplets may be <a href="/wiki/Counting_(music)" title="Counting (music)">counted</a>, most often at extremely slow tempos, using the <a href="/wiki/Least_common_multiple" title="Least common multiple">least common multiple</a> (LCM) between the original and tuplet divisions. For example, with a 3-against-2 tuplet (triplets) the LCM is 6. Since <span class="nowrap">6 ÷ 2 = 3</span> and <span class="nowrap">6 ÷ 3 = 2</span> the quarter notes fall every three counts (overlined) and the triplets every two (underlined): </p> <dl><dd><table style="width: 1.2in;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;"><u>1</u></span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><u>3</u> </td> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;">4</span> </td> <td><u>5</u> </td> <td>6 </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>This is fairly easily brought up to tempo, and depending on the music may be counted in tempo, while 7-against-4, having an LCM of 28, may be counted at extremely slow tempos but must be played intuitively ("felt out") at tempo: </p> <dl><dd><table style="width: 8in;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;"><u>1</u></span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><u>5</u> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;">8</span> </td> <td><u>9</u> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><u>13</u> </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;">15</span> </td> <td>16 </td> <td><u>17</u> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><u>21</u> </td> <td><span style="text-decoration: overline;">22</span> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><u>25</u> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>28 </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>To play a <a href="/wiki/Half-note" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-note">half-note</a> (minim) triplet accurately in a <a href="/wiki/Bar_(music)" title="Bar (music)">bar</a> of <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>4</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>4</b></sub></span></span></span></span>, count eighth-note triplets and tie them together in groups of four </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/x/8xvntfehcuz33971ki3ynwm9csfhfa2/8xvntfeh.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/8/x/8xvntfehcuz33971ki3ynwm9csfhfa2/8xvntfeh.png" width="245" height="83" alt="
<< \relative c' {
 \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-2 2)
 \clef percussion
 \time 4/4
 \tuplet 3/2 { e4.~ e8 e4~ e e8~ e4. } e4
} \\ \relative c' {
 \tuplet 3/2 { a2 a a } a4
}
>>
" /></div></dd></dl> <p>With a stress on each target note, one would count: <b>1</b> – 2 – 3  1 – <b>2</b> – 3  1 – 2 – <b>3</b>  1 – 2 – 3  <b>1</b> The same principle can be applied to quintuplets, septuplets, and so on. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_African_music">In African music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In African music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gqom" title="Gqom">Gqom</a></div> <p>Tuplet is featured in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South African</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_of_South_Africa" title="Music of South Africa">music</a>, especially within <a href="/wiki/Gqom" title="Gqom">gqom</a> and its variants, <a href="/wiki/Gqom#Core_Tribe" title="Gqom">core tribe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gqom#Taxi_kick" title="Gqom">taxi kick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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href="/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusual_time_signatures" title="List of musical works in unusual time signatures">List of musical works in unusual time signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schaffel" title="Schaffel">Schaffel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sextuple_metre" title="Sextuple metre">Sextuple metre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_metre" title="Triple metre">Triple metre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuplet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHumphries2002266-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHumphries2002266_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHumphries2002">Humphries 2002</a>, 266.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones197419-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones197419_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones1974">Jones 1974</a>, 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDonato196334-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDonato196334_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDonato1963">Donato 1963</a>, 34.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964181-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964181_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 181.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy1994-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy1994_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy1994">Kennedy 1994</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964167-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964167_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunstan1925[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_September_2013]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(September_2013)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunstan1925[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_September_2013]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(September_2013)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDunstan1925">Dunstan 1925</a>, p. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2013)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964189-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964189_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 189.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchonbrun20078-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchonbrun20078_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchonbrun2007">Schonbrun 2007</a>, 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGehrkens192119-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGehrkens192119_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGehrkens1921">Gehrkens 1921</a>, 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETroeger2003172-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroeger2003172_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTroeger2003">Troeger 2003</a>, 172.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECunningham2007111-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECunningham2007111_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCunningham2007">Cunningham 2007</a>, 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964183–184-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964183–184_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 183–184.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964219–221-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964219–221_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 219–221.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183879-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183879_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart1838">Damour, Burnett, and Elwart 1838</a>, 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHubbard1924480-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHubbard1924480_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHubbard1924">Hubbard 1924</a>, 480.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1895177_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBaker1895">Baker 1895</a>, 177.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECooper197332-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooper197332_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCooper1973">Cooper 1973</a>, 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELatham2002-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELatham2002_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELatham2002_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLatham2002">Latham 2002</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662,_68,_87,_93-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662,_68,_87,_93_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShedlock1876">Shedlock 1876</a>, 62, 68, 87, 93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStainer_and_Barrett1876395_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStainer_and_Barrett1876">Stainer and Barrett 1876</a>, 395.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–1889-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–1889_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTaylor1879–1889">Taylor 1879–1889</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor2001-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2001_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2001_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTaylor2001">Taylor 2001</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183880-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart183880_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDamour,_Burnett,_and_Elwart1838">Damour, Burnett, and Elwart 1838</a>, 80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKöhler18582:52–53-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKöhler18582:52–53_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKöhler1858">Köhler 1858</a>, 2:52–53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarx1853114-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarx1853114_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMarx1853">Marx 1853</a>, 114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERead1964215-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERead1964215_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRead1964">Read 1964</a>, 215.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKastner183894-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKastner183894_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKastner1838">Kastner 1838</a>, 94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134–135-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERiemann1884134–135_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRiemann1884">Riemann 1884</a>, 134–135.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1879–18893:478_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTaylor1879–1889">Taylor 1879–1889</a>, 3:478.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELobe188136-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELobe188136_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLobe1881">Lobe 1881</a>, 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShedlock187662_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShedlock1876">Shedlock 1876</a>, 62.</span> </li> <li 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"Sextolet, Sextuplet." <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Grove_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians" title="The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians">The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians</a></i>, second edition, edited by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Sadie" title="Stanley Sadie">Stanley Sadie</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Tyrrell_(musicologist)" title="John Tyrrell (musicologist)">John Tyrrell</a>. London: Macmillan.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTroeger2003" class="citation book cs1">Troeger, Richard (2003). <i>Playing Bach on the Keyboard: A Practical Guide</i>. 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