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[[File:Bridge Tuplet.jpg|thumb|Basic Bridge Tuplet]] | [[File:Bridge Tuplet.jpg|thumb|Basic Bridge Tuplet]] | ||
[[File:Bridge Tuplet Visualization.jpg|thumb|Bridge Tuplet Visualization]] | [[File:Bridge Tuplet Visualization.jpg|thumb|Bridge Tuplet Visualization]] | ||
A bridge tuplet is a tuplet | A '''bridge tuplet''' is a tuplet connecting either two tuplets or one tuplet back to the parent grid. They might look exceedingly complex, but they can easily be optimizations of high-level polyrhythmic ideas. | ||
All bridge tuplets are '''nested tuplets''' and can be written as such. However, if you have a tuplet that connects two tuplets with different beat lengths, you would end up with numbers too big to think about as tuplets and the whole thing would be a disaster. With bridge tuplet notation, the numbers are much friendlier and the rhythms are a lot more conceivable. | |||
Bridge | It’s very important to mention that bridge tuplet notation works because tuplets represent notes at different speeds. In the Bridge Tuplet Visualization on the right, the little 6:4 simply represents 6 sextuplets against 4 eighth notes, because the big septuplet and sextuplet just change the speed of the eighth note. | ||
Fizz musician Israel Strom explains this concept in his YouTube video [https://youtu.be/paqtvlEBeUU 6 Levels of Polyrhythms Explained] | |||
[[Category:Music Theory]] | [[Category:Music Theory]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:48, 10 July 2026
A bridge tuplet is a tuplet connecting either two tuplets or one tuplet back to the parent grid. They might look exceedingly complex, but they can easily be optimizations of high-level polyrhythmic ideas.
All bridge tuplets are nested tuplets and can be written as such. However, if you have a tuplet that connects two tuplets with different beat lengths, you would end up with numbers too big to think about as tuplets and the whole thing would be a disaster. With bridge tuplet notation, the numbers are much friendlier and the rhythms are a lot more conceivable.
It’s very important to mention that bridge tuplet notation works because tuplets represent notes at different speeds. In the Bridge Tuplet Visualization on the right, the little 6:4 simply represents 6 sextuplets against 4 eighth notes, because the big septuplet and sextuplet just change the speed of the eighth note.
Fizz musician Israel Strom explains this concept in his YouTube video 6 Levels of Polyrhythms Explained