Arts, Music, and Recreation Hobbies & Activities quintuplet Share Flipboard Email Print Quintuplets written with ratios. Image © Brandy Kraemer Hobbies & Activities Playing Piano Basics Lessons Chords Care & Maintenance Buying Advice Hiking Paddling Fishing Sailing & Boating Scuba Diving Playing Guitar Painting Drawing & Sketching Collecting Gambling Card Games Other Hobbies View More by Brandy Kraemer Updated March 06, 2017 Definition: A quintuplet, a type of tuplet, is a group of five notes, which – in simple meter – fits into the length of four of its note-type. In compound meter, five notes take the place of three:In 4/4 time (simple meter), eighth-note quintuplets span four normal eighth-notes (♫ Listen).In 6/8 time (compound meter), quintuplets span the length of three eighth-notes (♫ Listen).► View notation for the above examplesFor clarification, the quintuplet may be designated a ratio, such as 5:4 or 5:3: Five notes for every four or three, respectively.Also Known As: quintina (It), quintolet (Fr), Quintole (Ger) Continue Reading