You can split a note into three, five, six, or even more.

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Here's an example.

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Putting tuplet inside tuplet is possible.

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Practice
Sing quarter note and tuplet alternately until you learn the length of tupet.

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Combination of pitch, note value, tie, dotted note and tuplet.

Now, you can read the score like this. tuplet5

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