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Quintuplet meaning
A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four. | One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth. | A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
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Legato on guitar is commonly associated with playing more notes within a beat than the stated timing, i.e., playing 5 (a quintuplet ) or 7 (a septuplet) notes against a quarter-note instead of the usual even number or triplet.
This is notated in exactly the same way that one would write if one were writing the first four quarter notes of five quintuplet quarter notes.