Answer key

Triplets & Duplets

Every answer, with the reason. 8 questions.

  1. How many notes go in an ordinary beat in 4/4?

    2

    This is the division the meter gives you, so nothing needs a bracket.

  2. Write the count for an ordinary beat in 4/4.

    1 &

    The number naming the beat is in the same place either way; only what falls between changes.

  3. How many notes go in a beat carrying a bracket marked 3?

    3

    The bracket says 3 where the meter would have given the other number.

  4. Write the count for a beat carrying a bracket marked 3.

    1 trip let

    The number naming the beat is in the same place either way; only what falls between changes.

  5. How many notes go in an ordinary beat in 6/8?

    3

    This is the division the meter gives you, so nothing needs a bracket.

  6. Write the count for an ordinary beat in 6/8.

    1 la li

    The number naming the beat is in the same place either way; only what falls between changes.

  7. How many notes go in a 6/8 beat carrying a bracket marked 2?

    2

    The bracket says 2 where the meter would have given the other number.

  8. Write the count for a 6/8 beat carrying a bracket marked 2.

    1 &

    The number naming the beat is in the same place either way; only what falls between changes.