Compound Time - 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 (Video Resources) | Bounce Metronome Pro for Your PC, Laptop or Netbook

Compound Time - 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 (Video Resources)

Who are these rhythms for? - found in all styles of music.

In compound time (or compound meter) each beat divides naturally nto three equal parts. Usually you notate the beat as a dotted quarter note, split into eighth notes (UK notation: dotted crotchets split into quavers).

The most frequently used rhythms in compound time are 6/8 and 9/8

6/8 compound duple meter
Jigs, and many songs.
Greensleeves is in 6/8

6/8 with sixteenth notes

9/8
Slip jigs are in 9/8.

12/8
Like 4/4 but each beat is divided into three eighth notes - examples include the slow movement from Beethoven's Pastoral symphony... Listen here ... (youtube video)

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