what is a triplet in music
How to Read Music â Lesson 19 â Triplets and Duplets. Triplets are 3 notes that fit in the same rhythmic space as 2 of the same notational value. Triplets are used in simple meters when we need to show a rhythmic value that would normally be found in compound meter. A triplet will have 3 of the note value with a number 3 above or below to represent that it is a triplet. The most common triplet is the eighth note triplet. To count triplets we will use the compound counting method from Lesson 18, of using the syllable LA and LI on the second and third parts of the beat. Duplets are 2 notes that fit in the same rhythmic space as 3 of the same notational value.