How to Count Six Eight Time
In ) time, notes are written in two groups, each with a value of three eighth notes.
A note with the value of two eighth notes can be represented by a quarter note.
A note with the value of three eighth notes can be represented by a dotted quarter note.
Slow Tempo Six Eight
If the tempo of the song is slow, it is best to count every beat in the bar, starting with 1 and finishing with 6.
Rhythm Pattern
On the recording there are six beats to introduce exercises in slow ) time.
The dotted half note has a value of six eighth notes, and receives six beats in slow ) time.
Rhythm Pattern
On the recording there are five drumbeats to introduce this song.
Suggested Rhythm Patterns
Fast Tempo Six Eight
In a fast tempo, the six eighth notes in each bar are too fast to count individually, so it is more natural to feel and count only two beats per bar – those beats which fall on the first eighth note and the fourth eighth note. You can think of the eighth notes as pulses, and use the term beat to mean a group of three pulses.
In fast g, three eighth note pulses make up one beat. This is why the notes in ), are grouped in batches of three eighth notes. It is so that your eye can easily see where the beats fall when the tempo is quick. When you are counting two beats per bar in ) time, you are counting the eighth notes three at a time. The beat value is then three eighth notes, for one dotted quarter note.
Rhythm Pattern
On the recording there are six beats to introduce exercises in slow ) time.
Rhythm Pattern
The suggested rhythm pattern for Mexican Hat Dance is four bars long.
Rhythm Pattern
Rhythm Pattern
You can now play the songs on pages 50 to 55 of Supplementary Songbook C .
