Rhythm Class 10 Ties with Triplets Ties with Triplets Tied Rhythm Segments 9 - 13 Rhythm Patterns 241 - 264 Practice Material LIBRARY - Jazclass Links Lesson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ? ? |

RC 10.1 - Ties with Triplets

Triplet quavers in Jazz are sometimes tied, although not all that often.
The main thing to remember about triplets is that each of the three notes always has an equal duration of one third of a beat. Therefore two triplet quaver notes tied together always add up to two thirds of a beat.

In the example below the note lengths of the tied quavers (with red note head) are :

a = one third (triplet quaver) b = two thirds (downbeat swing quaver) c = one half (straight quaver)

d = one third (triplet quaver) e = one third (offbeat swing quaver) f = one half (straight quaver)

RC 10.2 - Tied Rhythm Segments 9 - 13

Below are the Rhythm Segments 9 to 13 with tied triplets.

Press on any Rhythm Segment to hear its Audio.
The rhythm segments are in swing style.

Clap or play a long with each of above demos to become thoroughly familiar with each one.

The above demos are in the same style as in Lesson 3
Each one plays the rhythm segment on beat 1 and 2 of each bar, while the metronome clicks like this :

• First 2 bars = count in : 1   3   1 2 3 4

• Next 4 bars = a click on each beat

• Next 8 bars = a click on beats 1 and 3 of each bar

• Next 8 bars = a click on beat 1 of each bar

• Next 12 bars = a click on beat 1 once every 2 bars

• Next 16 bars = a click on beat 1 once every 4 bars

RC 10.3 : Rhythm Patterns 241 - 264

Rhythm Patterns 193 - 240 are recorded in swing style.

Clap and play Rhythm Patterns 193 - 240 first at a comfortable tempo (about 60 bpm) until you can play them confidently without any mistakes.
Then :

1. Increase the tempo to improve your reading and playing skills

2. Slow down the tempo to improve your timing accuracy.

RC 10.4 - Practice Material