Re: the question of triplets

[Tim McNamara]

On Apr 26, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
> Ok. I understand how triplets work. I've played them often enough lol! but in 
> lily pond according to the manual it says it's written in a fraction. That's 
> the part I don't get. I'm very horrible at math so is there a way to 
> comprehend these triplets. I think they are eighth notes if I hear the 
> recording correctly. I do not have a copy of  the brailled piano piece yet so 
> I'm not sure.
> 
> Any tips? This thing is due by may 10th but I'm hoping I can get this done 
> minus the repeats. roar. 
> Take care all.

A note in a quarter note triplet is actually 2/3 of a quarter note, so that the 
three notes in the triplet equal two beats ( 2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 = 6/3).  Because 
of that, triplets are written in LilyPond as:

\times 2/3 { c4 d4 e4 }

Hope this is what you are asking about!

Tim