Editing Tuplet (section)

==== Compound meter ====
In [[compound meter (music)|compound meter]], even-numbered tuplets can indicate that a note value is changed in relation to the [[dotted note|dotted]] version of the next higher [[note value]]. Thus, two '''duplet''' [[eighth note]]s (most often used in {{music|time|6|8}} [[Metre (music)|meter]]) take the time normally totaled by three eighth notes, equal to a dotted quarter note. Four '''quadruplet''' (or '''quartole''') eighth notes would also equal a dotted quarter note. The duplet eighth note is thus exactly the same duration as a dotted eighth note, but the duplet notation is far more common in compound meters.{{sfn|Jones|1974|loc=20}}

:<score sound="1"> \new RhythmicStaff {
   \clef percussion
   \time 6/8
   \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
   c8 c c c c c
   \tuplet 2/3 { c8 c } c8. c
   \tuplet 4/3 { c8 c c c } c16. c c c
   c2.
}
</score>

A duplet in compound time is more often written as 2:3 (a dotted quarter note split into two duplet eighth notes) than 2:{{frac|1|1|2}} (a dotted quarter note split into two duplet quarter notes), even though the former is inconsistent with a quadruplet also being written as 4:3 (a dotted quarter note split into four quadruplet eighth notes).{{sfn|Anon.|1997–2000}}