Triplets are written when a beat that is normally divided into
2, needs to be divided into three equal parts.
Here is one quarter note, 4 eighth notes and one quarter note.
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Here is one quarter note, followed by 3 triplet eighth notes, 3 more triplet
eighth notes and
one quarter notes. The 2nd and 3rd beats each needed to be divided into 3 even notes.
A small 3 is written above the triplet group.