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Triplet
Triplet
A triplet is a very unique note. It splits one beat into three separate notes (similar to how a double eighth note splits one beat into 2 notes). We don’t need a new way of counting our beats however; we can just say the word “tri-pa-let.”
Let’s try an example:
![Triplet example 1](http://teacherpress.ocps.net/joshuavinson/files/2013/11/Triplet-example-1-300x131.png)
If we count that rhythm out loud it would sound like this:
And another example:
![Triplet example 2](http://teacherpress.ocps.net/joshuavinson/files/2013/11/Triplet-example-2-300x121.png)
If we count that rhythm out loud it would sound like this:
Since a triplet is only worth 1 beat, we don’t need a triplet rest; we already have the quarter rest!