quintuplet
Noun
Meaning
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
a set of five similar things considered as a unit
Source: WordNetSynonyms
phoebe
quint
cinque
quintette
five
fin
quin
quintuple
quintet
pentad
v
fivesome
pentagon
fives
pentagram
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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.