What's The Deal With 6/8 Time ?

[joezlo]

@PLX

Wanna take a guess what signature this is?

I think that Phil Colin's signature...

 

[TJontheRoad]

I thought 6/8 had an accent on the 1,3 & 6 ?

I've heard that before but not as common.

 

[PLX]

I've heard that before but not as common.

It makes the 1 and the 6 sound like "bam bam" rapid fire, and throws you off.

 

[Achilles]

Count it out loud to the song and you'll get it.

ONE and a TWO and a THREE and a FOUR and a



ONE and TWO and THREE and

 

[Sascha Franck]

Count it out loud to the song and you'll get it.

ONE and a TWO and a THREE and a FOUR and a



ONE and TWO and THREE and

These are both 6/8.

As a helper, imagine drums. In 6/8, the snare will be on 4, in 3/4 the snare will be on 2 and 3 (with 3 being more important). In both of these tunes, it's on the 4th eighth note.

 

[Orvillain]

all songs are in 1/128.

 

[Achilles]

all songs are in 1/128.

Only since CDs came out.

 

[Sleezy E]

Only since CDs came out.

wats a cd?

 

[PLX]

wats a cd?

 

[Sleezy E]

...and that's why I keep all my mp3's on the E: drive

 

[TSJMajesty]

Good question, and no, they're not really the same, but I can't explain it well enough.

Just don't ask if F# is the same as Gb!

 

[TSJMajesty]

By the way, since 6/8 can be counted as ONE 2 3, TWO, 2 3, with essentially 2 beats to each measure..., and you can then divide those 2 beats in half, you can get this feel:



And another example: The first time thru, it has that ONE 2 3, TWO 2 3, "Waltz" feel; the 2nd time, Portnoy morphs it into almost a 4/4 feel, same as the Yes song.



Both are the exact same notes being played under the drums. And both "could" still be written as 6/8. Or 4/4, with a tempo change.

Cool, huh?

I LOVE the math component of music!

 

[norminal]

Completely off topic…

Fun fact, and sorry if you already knew this, but the tile of that album, “90125” was pulled from the album’s barcode:

 

[FuzzyAce]

...and that's why I keep all my mp3's on the Sleezy E: drive

Fixed it for you.

 

[Achilles]

...and that's why I keep all my mp3's on the E: drive

F that!

 

[PLX]

Completely off topic…

Fun fact, and sorry if you already knew this, but the tile of that album, “90125” was pulled from the album’s barcode:

The only explanation for that is time travel.

 

[Achilles]

The only explanation for that is time travel.

 

[0XI0]

Isn't it just 3/4 time, re-branded ?

if you play "u shook me all night long" at double time that's 2/4, you could cram it in but it would sound dumb. 6/8 is just a full measure of triple time

 

[metropolis_4]

It’s all about duples and triples

 

[sleewell]

So anyways I just start blasting