What note represents 1.25 beats. Or in other words 4 notes in 5/8 time.
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There is no individual symbol representing 1.25 beats. To do it in 5/8 time, one would either use:
- eighth note (1 beat) tied to a 32nd note (.25 beats)
- a sixteenth (.5 beats) tied to a dotted sixteenth (.75 beats) (or vice versa)
- a four-tuplet
The first solution is better for a single note; the second might be easier for a reader uncomfortable with tuplets; but the last solution works better for the title problem of four equal divisions of five beats.
Correction
The tuplet in the above example should have been written either as "4:5" (see concerning irregular tuplets) or with just "4", but using quarter notes rather than eighth notes (see Is a sixteenth note quintuplet worth 4 sixteenth notes? If so, why is this wrong?).
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3There's also another option: it's still a bit obscure, but it keeps a consistent reference of the pulse and it's also the commonly accepted simplification (and explanation) of the actual "subdivision": i.sstatic.net/z258B.png Commented Apr 9, 2022 at 4:20
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I'd rather think that the neat quadruplet notation is best for inexperienced musicians as well (if an inexperienced musician would play anything in 5/8 time in the first place). Surely it's easier to make peace with the existence of tuplets than to make sense of overwhelming clutter of confusing notes.– DiviznaCommented Jul 26 at 9:02
