Timeline for What do three bars across the stem of a note mean?
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| Apr 6, 2019 at 13:02 | comment | added | Tim | @ivo - when tremolo is marked, the number if bars near to the noteheads is usually indicative of how fast the tremolo is expected to be played. | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 12:05 | comment | added | ivo | You are saying that without the triplet each not is played twice. As far as I know, when playing a tremolo you play a note as many times as it is possible within the duration of the note. Please correct me If am wrong. | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 11:55 | vote | accept | ivo | ||
| Apr 6, 2019 at 11:45 | comment | added | user48353 | With the triplets, this measure will contain twelve notes, each written note being played three times. Without the triplet, the measure will contain eight notes, each written note being played twice. If the triplet marking were absent, the quarter notes would not be dotted. This bar is in common time, 4/4. If it were in 12/8, the triplet marking would be unnecessary. | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 11:44 | comment | added | ivo | Thanks. In the second ectract, why would be important to indicate it is about triplets, in other words will the tremolo sound different if one would omit the number 3 ? | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 11:30 | history | answered | user48353 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |