Six Eight Time
In six eight time there are six eighth note beats in each bar. Although every eighth note is counted as a beat in ) time (1 2 3 4 5 6), it is felt as two pulses per bar (1 2 3, 4 5 6, or 1 2 3, 2 2 3). This time signature is particularly common in Folk music.
The following song shows some typical note groupings in ) time. Write counting numbers under the music.
Class Sessions
1- Dotted Notes
2- Tones and Semitones
3- The Major Scale
4- Dynamics
5- Keys and Key Signatures
6- Transposing
7- Sixteenth Notes
8- Leger Lines
9- Simple and Compound Time
10- Intervals
11- Chords
12- INTRODUCTION
13- Note Values
14- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
15- Chord Inversions
16- How to Read Music
17- LESSON TWO
18- Minor Keys and Scales
19- Accidentals
20- Sharps
21- The Octave
22- Learning Minor Scales in all Keys
23- The Key Cycle
24- Chord Construction–Triads
25- G Major Chord Inversions
26- Exercises
27- Six Eight Time
28- Using the Compact Disc
29- Interval Qualities
30- Notes on the Treble Staff
31- Exercises
32- Grouping Eighth Notes
33- Volume Changes
34- Exercises
35- Bar Lines
36- Double Sharps and Double Flats
37- The Lead-in
38- Enharmonic Notes
39- Grouping Notes in Compound Time
40- Interval Distances
41- Time Signatures
42- Grouping Notes and Rests
43- The Grand Staff
44- Exercises
45- Exercises
46- Relative Keys
47- Approach to Practice
48- Major Scales in all Keys
49- Tempo Markings
50- The Chromatic Scale
51- Scale Degrees
52- Tempo Changes
53- Slurs
54- Final Exercises
55- Flats
56- Arpeggios
57- Chord Symbols
58- C Major Scale Over Four Octaves
59- Exercises
60- Rests
61- Exercises
62- Exercises
63- Staccato
64- Exercises
65- Exercises
66- Twelve Eight Time
67- Major Scale Pattern
68- Identifying Intervals by Ear
69- Exercises
70- Exercises
71- The G Major Scale
72- Ties
73- Exercises
74- The F Major Scale
75- Other Major Scales
76- Exercises