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Notation reference
Tuplets
Tuplets indicate where a beat is divided into a different number of subdivisions than is usually expected according to the current meter. They can be used to fit more notes or fewer notes in a beat than usually exist in a beat, according to the usual pattern of subdivision.
Tuplet beams
Tuplet beams join notes in tuplets that can be joined with beams just like non-tuplet beams. You can make the same changes to tuplet beams that you can make to any other beam.

Tuplet beams

Tuplet beams join notes in tuplets that can be joined with beams just like non-tuplet beams. You can make the same changes to tuplet beams that you can make to any other beam.

For example, duplet eighth notes do not need a bracket as they can be joined by a beam and notated using only a tuplet number/ratio.


Figure 1. A 6/8 bar with the standard subdivision of six eighth notes	Figure 2. A 6/8 bar with a subdivision of four duplet eighth notes in the space of six regular eighth notes