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What is the difference between triplet and sextuplet?

triplet | sextuplet |

In lang=en terms the difference between triplet and sextuplet

is that triplet is a group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet while sextuplet is a group of six notes played in the time of four.

As nouns the difference between triplet and sextuplet

is that triplet is a group of three while sextuplet is a group of six objects.

triplet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of three.
  • One of a group of three.
  • One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
  • (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
  • (physics) A triquark.

    • See also

    * trio * triptych * twin (coefficient)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    sextuplet

    English

    (wikipedia sextuplet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of six objects.
  • One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
  • (music) A group of six notes played in the time of four.
  • # (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
  • # (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
  • # (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.

    • Usage notes

    Some authorities (for instance, Hugo Riemann, Theodore Bacon and Franklin Taylor) consider the double triplet to be a "false sextuplet", others (for instance, Evangelos Sembos, John Stainer and William Alexander Barrett) define the sextuplet solely as the double triplet, and still others (such as Antoine Damour, Aimable Burnett, and Élie Elwart) do not differentiate between the two.

    Synonyms

    * (six notes played in the time of four) sextolet

    Coordinate terms

    * (one of six born together) twin (coefficient)