TRIPLET NOTE AND REST VALUES
Following on from our guide on the most common note values, this guide covers TRIPLETS AND THIER EQUIVALENT RESTS.
DIDN’T READ OUR GUIDE ON BASIC NOTE VALUES YET?
BEFORE LEARNING ABOUT TRIPLETS, IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIC VALUES FIRST
TRIPLETS
below are the different triplet values, compared to thier usual values.
With triplets, you are essentially squeezing one extra note into the space of every two standard notes.
The first sits in unison with the first of the two, the next sits just before the second, and the final one sits just after the third.
YOU CAN TELL TRIPLETS APART FROM THIER STANDARD EQUIVALENTS BY THE NUMBER 3 OR 6 THAT IS WRITTEN ABOVE OR BELOW THE GROUPING (DEPENDING WHETHER THE NOTE STEMS ARE FACING UP OR DOWN).
TRIPLET RESTS
AS WITH TRIPLET NOTES, THE RESTS ARE WRITTEN THE SAME WAY AS THIER STANDARD NOTE EQUIVALENT RESTS, BUT WITH A BRACKET AROUND THEM WITH EITHER THE NUMBER THREE OR SIX TO REPRESENT THE TRIPLET GROUPING.
IF EVERY BEAT OF THE TRIPLET IS BEING PLAYED, YOU WILL STILL SEE THE NUMBER 3 OR 6 ABOVE IT, BUT WITHOUT THE BRACKET.
THESE ARE THE EQUIVALENT RESTS FOR TRIPLETS, SHOWN IN THE CONTEXT OF A WHOLE 4/4 BAR.
YOU WILL ONLY SEE A TRIPLET REST HOWEVER IF THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE TRIPLET BEING PLAYED (otherwise a standard REST WILL BE WRITTEN).
THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS WOULD LOOK.
COMBINED TRIPLETS
THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW IT LOOKS WHEN YOU COMBINE DIFFERENT TRIPLETS WITH OTHER NOTE VALUES.
HOW is each drum notated?
CLICK HERE FOR OUR GUIDE ON THE POSITIONING OF EACH DRUM AND CYMBAL ON THE STAVE.
HERE ARE SOME MORE BEGINNER GUIDES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL.
HOW TO READ DRUM NOTATION
LEARN THE ESSENTIALS YOU’LL NEED TO TO UNDERSTAND WHEN READING A DRUM CHART FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND FIND OUT HOW EACH DRUM AND CYMBAL IS REPRESENTED ON THE STAVE.
DYNAMICS
THIS GUIDE TAKES YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE RANGE OF DYNAMICS THAT YOU WILL FIND ON A DRUM CHART.
FROM PIANISSIMO TO FORTISSIMO, ACCENTS TO GHOST NOTES.
TRIPLETS
LEARN HOW TO READ AND COUNT DIFFERENT TRIPLET NOTE VALUES AND THIER EQUIVALENT RESTS.
THIS GUIDE SHOWS TRIPLETS IN COMPARISON TO STANDARD NOTE VALUES.
REPEATS AND NAVIGATING YOUR WAY THROUGH A COMPLICATED CHART.
REPEATS COME IN SEVERAL SHAPES AND FORMS AND ARE FOUND IN MOST DRUM CHARTS.
LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE YOUR WAY THROUGH ANY DRUM CHART.
