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Chapter 43

6/8 Compound Time

Compound Time & Syncopation

Scaffold
Book2
Unit 11Compound Time & Syncopation
Levelintermediate

Lesson Content

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Examples
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Key Concepts

6/8 timecompound timedotted quarter beat2 groups of 3

Rules

01

6/8 = compound duple: 2 main beats, each divided into 3 eighth notes

02

Dotted quarter note = 1 beat in 6/8

03

Feel: ONE-two-three FOUR-five-six

MIDI Data

{
  "time_signature": [
    6,
    8
  ],
  "beats_per_measure": 2,
  "subdivision": 3
}

Exercises

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#compound_time#6/8#triplet_feel

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