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If it says 6/8, it means the bar has a duration of 6/8th note. To play that, you play six 8th notes in a bar. Eight 8th notes have the duration of a whole note,
by navane 3y ago
If it says 6/8, it means the bar has a duration of 6/8th note. To play that, you play six 8th notes in a bar. Eight 8th notes have the duration of a whole note, so six of them fit in a bar.
- partomniscient 3y agoYeah, but to me it makes as much sense as measuring everything in 3/4 of an apple. How many per grouping(/bar) is what is important, not conformance to some symoblic notation in which 4/4 is much more popular and recognisable and forcing it into other less easily divisible circumstances. I agree with those carrying on about rhythmic importance over time signature notational importance. da-da-da-da-da-da. Everything is relative to everything else, and not to some explicit concept of an 'eigth note'.