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Example of a triplet (bar 2).

In music, a group of three notes of equal length, played in the time of two. It is indicated by a slur over the three notes with the number ‘3’ written above.
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There comes a day at last, when, while the wonted Marriage Chorus goes forth from universal Lineland, the three far-off Lovers suddenly find themselves in exact harmony, and, before they are awake, the wedded Triplet is rapt vocally into a duplicate embrace; and Nature rejoices over one more marriage and over three more births.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
I believed I could shoot the bridge myself, and I went to the forward triplet of logs and relieved the pilot of his pole and his responsibility.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
When the triplets were taken ashore at New York, he had, as he said, `to carry some of them.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
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