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 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user