The Difference Between 3/4 and 6/8 Time Signatures - Music Theory

What is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures? Mathematically it appears that 3/4 and 6/8 are two versions of the same thing. On the face of it, there may appear to be little difference between music in 3/4 time or music in 6/8 time. Musically they are quite distinct, 3/4 being a Simple Triple time and 6/8 being a Compound Duple time. In this music theory lesson the detail of this is unpacked and examples played that demonstrate the essential differences. It is important for players and composers alike to grasp this topic in order to avoid confusing the two. By the end of this music theory lesson you will hear a distinct difference and it will help you to communicate the distinction between the two time signatures in the music you perform.
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0:00 - Introduction to the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures
0:35 - The theory behind time signatures
6:48 - How can you tell the difference?
11:29 - Conclusion
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  • @spankduncan1114
    @spankduncan1114 Жыл бұрын

    The basic difference to me as a percussionist is each meter creates the basic stress points of the eighth notes. In 3/4 it's 3 duples, 1+2+3+. In 6/8 it's 2 triples 123,456. Beats 1 and 4 being the strong beats. In manys cases the 2 meters are interchangeable depending on how you accent the rhythm. Composers generally pick one or the other depending on basic stress points they want to hear rhythmically in any given phrase. In a lot of Latin American orchestral music you'll often see the meter switch back and forth between 3/4 & 6/8 depending upon when the composer wants to hear duples or triples, while the eighth note tempo remains the same. It's all about using notation to aid the musician to, " feel it baby, feel it"!

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    I have known for years that there is a difference between 3/4 and 6/8, but you have done a great job of explaining why. My favorite rhythms on the piano are 9/8 and 12/8. They have such a wonderful “swing” to them, with the various sets of triplets involved. Thank you!

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    Thank you, Mr Green, for the most straightforward simplest English in which you can tell the difference of simple & compound time. I'm listening to the words and ideas you're able to ennunciate come as "music" to my ears. A non-native speaker of your language, I am very appreciative of your insights of music AND your ability to get through to me. Thanks again.

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    Nice explanation. I play Irish music, so the best way we distinguish, especially for those whose don't read music well, is to say that 3/4 is basically a waltz time, while 6/8 is essentially a jig time. The key is, as you finally got around to saying, the number of beats in the bar. The waltz is a 3-beat bar, while the jig is a 2-beat bar.

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    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely and that works especially well for Irish music. Slow 6/8 tempi cause people more trouble in my experience because then it’s not a jig but the principle is the same. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme. If you value this channel and would like to help us continue to share and develop the content please consider supporting us as a level 1 Maestro by clicking here kzread.info/dron/8yI8P7Zi3yYTsypera-IQg.htmljoin Alternatively you can express your support for the channel by clicking on the Super Thanks button beneath any of our videos. Thank you.

  • @MrHobo71

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    Жыл бұрын

    @@MusicMattersGB If you have two dotted quarters in a 3/4 measure, how is that different than two quarters in a 2/4 measure, since tempos can vary within time signatures? Both situations would be two equal length notes per measure.

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    Жыл бұрын

    That could be possible if you matched up the tempo…

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    Thanks for making this. I've been struggling with time signatures and you've made something click in my head. Your delivery is great too.

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    I think it really can help to set things out like this on a whiteboard and to then go through examples as you show in this video is a very effective way of making things clearer. Thank you very much for this video , have a lovely day P.S I am an intermediate piano player and I skipped two grades, not having much actual basic music theory knowledge so these videos are very useful to me !

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  • @keithgarner7250
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    Thankyou for this clear explanation of the nuance differences between these two time signatures. I have played the bass for years and this has helped my understanding enormously. Thanks!

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    Well this was very diffent? On a more serious note thank the Lord someone has taken the time to explain this. I have a drummer friend who said he didn't like taking a solo in 3. I said to him: don't think of it as 3 but feel it as 6. . . . . . And now you have just corrected diffence . . . . . . as I'm watching. Great explanation thank you so much x

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    Thanks to the KZread algorithm, I ran into this video. I'd never really given a thought to it and then reminisced about playing Minuano some 25 yesrs ago. The Bob Lowden arrangement written in 6/8, with a bass part playing 3/4 time, horn parts shifting between phrases with a 3/4 feel and phrases with a 6/8 feel.

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    Well explained! Thank you! I always wondered how the difference was constructed.

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  • @jacqueslapidieux3182
    @jacqueslapidieux3182 Жыл бұрын

    Been trying to wrap my head around 6/8 for years - without much success. Finally, the explanation I was looking for all this time. Thank you!

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    Жыл бұрын

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  • @mcsrecordingstudioalbionvi5082

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    Жыл бұрын

    6/8 traditionally is a Marching Rhythm and has a triplet feel like an old English Sea Shanty.

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    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

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  • @dukepeterson
    @dukepeterson4 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation! Thank you!

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    4 ай бұрын

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    Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I learned something new.

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  • @googopera
    @googopera5 ай бұрын

    Great explanation, thank you so much

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    5 ай бұрын

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  • @jtfritchie
    @jtfritchie Жыл бұрын

    Finally I’ve begun to understand this! Thank you so much

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  • @robwasnj
    @robwasnj9 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully explained, same with your 2/4, 4/4 video. Thanks for the enlightenment.

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    9 ай бұрын

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  • @JoeBlowUK
    @JoeBlowUK Жыл бұрын

    As an ex band member guitarist in a rock band, we covered a few track from Status Quo, which many criticise as being "dead easy" to play. I always challenge them to play the intro of "Whatever You Want", which is of course played in 6/8 timing. But with just the lead guitarist, with no drum track, it is not always obvious, and catches out many who try to play it for the first time.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @deadreckoning292

    @deadreckoning292

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol Oooookay

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @Critical_Thinker858
    @Critical_Thinker858 Жыл бұрын

    It's IMportant to place the emPHASis on the correct sylLABle (as well as the correct beat). Thank you so much for explaining one of the great mysteries of music composition. I'm a novice and this is the first really good explanation I've heard. Thanks again!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a pleasure. There’s much more to assist you at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @blindsfitvince2443
    @blindsfitvince24434 ай бұрын

    Very good explanation. Thank You

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad it’s helpful. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @jeffreyphillips1234
    @jeffreyphillips12342 жыл бұрын

    Very well described. Thank you!!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @karlsloman5320
    @karlsloman53202 жыл бұрын

    As a drummer, I have always loved 6/8 time. For me, 6/8 is a "half-time feel". I enjoy playing halftime feels because as the name implies the rhythm feels like it is playing at half the speed of the "normal" rhythm. For example in 3/4 I will place the bass drum on beat 1 and will either play the snare on 2 and 3 or just 3. When I play in 6/8 I play the bass drum on beat 1 and move the snare to beat 4 (which in 3/4 would be the + of 2) which "elongates" the groove and makes it feel more relaxed. Anyway, that is how I see it. Thanks!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @scottphillips1202
    @scottphillips1202 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this explanation. Thank you

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s great

  • @rudolphkotze7951
    @rudolphkotze7951 Жыл бұрын

    Really well explained, thank you!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @DanDjurdjevicplus
    @DanDjurdjevicplus2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant explanation. Thank you!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @rebeccajones3348
    @rebeccajones33482 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation. Thank you.

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @lastangel1286
    @lastangel12862 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos so much👏👏 and you teaches exactly what I am looking for. English is my second language and your english is very clear. It's help me a lot to understand your lessons. Thank you so much ❤👏 watching you from Brazil 😉

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    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @lalle5000
    @lalle500010 ай бұрын

    Great explanation, thank you!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    10 ай бұрын

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  • @FluffyTurtles
    @FluffyTurtles Жыл бұрын

    Excellent! It finally makes sense. Thank you!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @akshyaacharya
    @akshyaacharya2 жыл бұрын

    A very well said .. this is always there in mind however the way you have explained is awesome 😎

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @AtomizedSound
    @AtomizedSound2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome job! If you can make more videos on meters like this but composite meters added and tuplets, I would be eternally grateful!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    We have other videos on time signatures with more on the way.

  • @MRushby
    @MRushby2 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. Thankyou!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @jimofthehill
    @jimofthehill Жыл бұрын

    A superb explanation.. Thank you

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @patrikduller8449
    @patrikduller8449 Жыл бұрын

    This is sooo helpful! Thanks so much!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s great. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @willycustodio2463
    @willycustodio2463 Жыл бұрын

    wow thank you so much for new understanding for free.subscribed already.Godbless

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s great. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @vaidyts
    @vaidyts2 жыл бұрын

    So beautifully explained !

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @adelewallace3774
    @adelewallace377411 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this tutorial 😊

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    11 ай бұрын

    A pleasure. Much more to help at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @elitedrumlessons6174
    @elitedrumlessons6174 Жыл бұрын

    This information is very clearly presented and all musicians and especially songwriters should know this! I always approached it this way, but I couldn’t articulate it like this. As a professional drummer, the wacky thing is when someone writes a chart or score that should be in 6/8 but they write it in 3/4….and vice versa! It’s crazy and the counting is whacked!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @acwatercolors
    @acwatercolors Жыл бұрын

    Simple explained and important topic, thank you. Great British accent too 😀

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it’s helpful. Thanks.

  • @pianoman6639
    @pianoman66398 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this a great help

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    8 ай бұрын

    A pleasure. Glad it’s helpful

  • @okapiiisky8664
    @okapiiisky86642 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for your kind lesson!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @doorwaysintomusic
    @doorwaysintomusic Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! You are such a great teacher!

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @johnmacmillan627
    @johnmacmillan6272 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very clear and helpful

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @franzdouay2505
    @franzdouay25052 жыл бұрын

    Very much useful 👍👍👍 thank you so much for this video

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @paulreddy5452
    @paulreddy54522 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your explanation and presentation Sir.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    A pleasure.

  • @damarisfuenteslorenzo
    @damarisfuenteslorenzo Жыл бұрын

    Very well explained! ❤

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @akcel1211
    @akcel1211 Жыл бұрын

    Merci beaucoup pour votre travail de qualité ! Vous êtes un excellent enseignant, merci beaucoup !

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    A great pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @jgunther3398
    @jgunther3398 Жыл бұрын

    i used to think of 6/8 as a 2/4 where everything is triplets. that's fundamentally what's happening but the patterns in 6/8 aren't typical triplet patterns

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s good to know the real difference

  • @SamanthaArmstrong-gz7ye
    @SamanthaArmstrong-gz7ye Жыл бұрын

    Really easy to understand. Thanks

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @allenhawker3911
    @allenhawker391110 ай бұрын

    Great lesson. I’m a beginner harmonica player. Tabs are nice but I want to really learn theory. I find it so interesting! Thanks again!

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    10 ай бұрын

    That’s great. Much more to help you at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @xbep6065
    @xbep60652 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This was so helpful. I took my abrsm exam last month, and without your help, I probably wouldn't have passed in theory! Thanks so much Mr. Green! Every video you make, I get better at theory :D

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @RA2Music

    @RA2Music

    Жыл бұрын

    I was just having a similar discussion with a composition student. Even though he plays the drums, he really didn’t understand meter as a function of rhythm. It has been my experience that many performing musicians don’t fully understand this concept, and as a result, don’t always play with an accurate feel. Composers need to understand this so their pieces accurately reflect the rhythmic expression they wish to convey. Thank you for a concise explanation of this important musical concept.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @akswrkzvyuu7jhd
    @akswrkzvyuu7jhd2 жыл бұрын

    A very nice explanation of the difference between 3/4 and 6/8. I always thought of 6/8 as a version of 2/4 (for marches) with triplets built in.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504

    @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I see 12/8 as 4 'swung' triplets.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s certainly a way of accessing 12/8.

  • @mcsrecordingstudioalbionvi5082

    @mcsrecordingstudioalbionvi5082

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct, 6/8 traditionally is a Marching Rhythm and has a triplet feel like an old English Sea Shanty.

  • @johngaunt2102
    @johngaunt21023 ай бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant !

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad it’s useful.

  • @mistral-unizion-music
    @mistral-unizion-music2 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained. Thanks

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    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @ludingtonian584
    @ludingtonian5842 жыл бұрын

    A brilliant introduction. Now let's do the hemiola, like in Bernstein's 'America', where he switches between thee twos and two threes.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    We have a video explaining hemiola.

  • @tombillotto6335
    @tombillotto6335 Жыл бұрын

    Very nicely explained.

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @Julie_Music_Channel
    @Julie_Music_Channel2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @jeffjames4064
    @jeffjames40642 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for reminding me of what I forgot . I played clarinet jr and high school, and I loved it. I also understand why I also had so many headaches then as well.😁

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @donaldharris8826
    @donaldharris882611 ай бұрын

    I learned reading music year by year in grade school through to high school music and band classes and must be known to get into school marching bands or bands or orchestra settings or such as military bands and music groups with instruments and vocals. I was taught that 6/8 was called and considered as being "WALTZ TIME" !!! Thanks for this video sir, it is most appreciated !!! 👍😎🎸🤘👏☺️🎼🇺🇸🙏 DDH 8-22-2023.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    11 ай бұрын

    A pleasure

  • @shajukniar
    @shajukniarАй бұрын

    what a clear explanation sir. Thank you very much I am just a beginner and was so confused about 6/8 ..thanks indeed 😍

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Ай бұрын

    A pleasure. See our Theory courses at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @BingBangBooKangarooStudios
    @BingBangBooKangarooStudios2 жыл бұрын

    そのことが気になっていました。ありがとう。🎹❤️

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @epicduckdoctor
    @epicduckdoctor Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This is the first time this has ever made any sense to me.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @downpatmusic
    @downpatmusic2 жыл бұрын

    A great composer and music teacher of mine often said that our notation system was an imperfect solution with no better system available, meant to be a musical guide as to what notes to play and when. But all of the subtle musical nuance is impossible to notate (exact note start and stops, exact dynamics, pushing and delaying the notes for feeling, etc etc...). The notes are meant to help us recreate the composition over time, as a document meant to preserve the composer's notes. Here lies the world of musical performance teaching and the various interpretations that it requires. Though certain interpretations of the great classical works have become accepted, there is always room for new ways of playing these notes and rhythms and many teachers ready to teach them over their lifetimes! The beauty of notating our musical ideas is that it forces us to make choices as composers, and performers of our own compositions. By writing our ideas down on paper we are making a physical choice that this is our preferred note here which may seem simple but in fact and creates a lot of self discovery. See, often when we play our musical unwritten ideas, they go by quickly without concern. But when we write them down we take responsibility for those notes on paper and we have to say, yea, that is my preferred note choice here. It becomes something of a model composition for what we may have only improvised in different ways until this notation step. As a composer you are saying, I like this way as my standard arrangement, and now you might improvise on it or play variations but you always have authorship of this exact composition for future musicians to reference, interpret, and play.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @davidstorey2477
    @davidstorey2477 Жыл бұрын

    Very well explained.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s most kind

  • @mariadasvattamakaljosephma3895
    @mariadasvattamakaljosephma3895 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sir 🎉 For nice explanation of Simple time and Compound time. In Indian music we are also using 5/8 & 7/8. Thank you for detailed simple English speech 🙂👌🤝😊

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    A pleasure. 5/8 and 7/8 also appear in Western music.

  • @enavy04
    @enavy042 жыл бұрын

    As a beat producer, I've written music pieces in 6/8, that had a very interesting feel to them. The songs felt like they where slower than their actual tempo. I'd write a song in 6/8 at 120bpm, but it sounded like it could pass as a 4/4 song at 90bpm with a bit of swing thrown in the beat. Watching this video on 3/4 vs 6/8 really helped me understand the feel of the time signatures better. Thank you very much! 😁

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @noelaruldas1152
    @noelaruldas11522 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I knew the difference between the two different time signatures that almost sounds similar to each other.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Siralantoon
    @Siralantoon Жыл бұрын

    So pleased you corrected that spelling.. Great job.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @1K18V21
    @1K18V2125 күн бұрын

    You explained this very well, I understand the difference.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    25 күн бұрын

    Excellent. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @richardb3882
    @richardb3882 Жыл бұрын

    Really clear, I think I may have finally got it...thank you :)

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @andrewdstokes
    @andrewdstokes Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for fixing the typo at 9:55. It was hugely distracting the whole time. Great lesson though - really enjoyed it.

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

  • @MRFThorne
    @MRFThorne3 ай бұрын

    Superb presentation - I don't always recognise the difference between 3/4 and 6/8. I spotted "diffence" before you did as well! :)

  • @MusicMattersGB

    @MusicMattersGB

    3 ай бұрын

    😀

  • @joshgreiner5671
    @joshgreiner5671 Жыл бұрын

    Beautifully explained

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    @MusicMattersGB

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk