What’s The Difference Between 3/4 and 6/8? Just got asked this again, probably the time signature question I hear the most! 3/4 is three groups of two quavers, felt and counted as “1 +, 2 +, 3 +” 6/8 is two groups of three quavers, felt and counted as “1 trip let, 2 trip let” Video discussing time signatures at more length here: th-cam.com/video/CW6R7T1t00o/w-d-xo.html Mike :) If you’ve enjoyed these videos, please consider supporting this channel by “buying me a coffee” or becoming a monthly member at: www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums. Monthly members get a complimentary 30 mins Zoom session where we formulate personalized practice plan for you - updated each month as you progress. You also get access to members’ videos, drum support via video response/email, priority video requests - plus you’ll be supporting this channel and helping it to grow, which I’d hugely appreciate.
Ahh !🤯🤩Now I get it Thanks man that was really helpful👍 I haden-t katched the detail that there was basically 3 downbeats in 3/4 and only 2 Inn 6/8 but now I finally get it I feel like I’ve cracked some sort of mystery even though I didn’t do any of the work haha
@@samuelcarlsen1442 Ha ha, glad it makes sense! Just one thing - watch out with the word "downbeat", as that usually refers to just beat 1 of the bar (when the conductor's hand moves down). I prefer to talk about "emphasized beats" as I did here. Cheers 👊🏻
I will definitely remember that thanks I actually paused when I was writing that comment because I couldn’t think of a good word so chose down beat but I see my arrar now😉 ha ha But thanks for saving me that one in front of my band leader👍🏻
Thanks Mike for the easiest way to understand the difference between two! Will you make a video for explain and teach us how to distinguish 2/4 and 6/8 at the end you said in this video ?as I am so confused with this problem too,it drive me crazy when I hear the song with this neat accent and can’t analyse,cheers mate:)
Thanks for the video Mike, very thorough! One question: you mention in the video that in compound time the quarter notes are split into three eighth notes. Do you mean that's how they 'feel'? My understanding was that in 6/8 you have three quarter notes, so if, for example, you were playing bass drum on quarters these would fall every other eighth note, the same as 3/4. If the bass drum fell on 1 and 4 you would be playing dotted quarters. Is that correct?
Hi David, thanks for watching and glad if you found it helpful :) Yep dead right, the emphasized beats I'm referring to in 6/8 are indeed dotted quarter notes, therefore each contain three eights. Compound time by definition is "musical rhythm or metre in which each beat in a bar is subdivided into three smaller units, so having the value of a dotted note". 6/8 is based on two dotted quarter notes, each containing three eighths. You're dead right that you could still have regular (not dotted) quarter notes, which would be equal to two eighths, within the rhythms you're playing - but the key point there is that they wouldn't be considered "beats of the bar" ("No No Nanigo" from Grade 2 is a great example of this: th-cam.com/video/ft18GHqxwCA/w-d-xo.html) - If regular quarter notes every 2 eighths was the predominant pulse, then you'd be in 3/4 not 6/8. Cheers man, thanks for taking an interest and hope this helped! Please let me know if any further questions :)
What grade do we start learning to play in 3/4 and 6/8? I’m grade 4 trinity rock and pop atm and have never learnt about this lol. Is it something I should start to play?
Hi, thanks for watching - In Trinity Rock and Pop, 3/4 comes in at Grade 2 in the improvising (th-cam.com/video/-swNn1BXnVU/w-d-xo.html), and in the pieces at Grade 3 for "Never Loved A Man" By Aretha Franklin (th-cam.com/video/5I-kla34imc/w-d-xo.html). Not 6/8 but 12/8 (very similar overall feel, just 4 emphasized beats in the bar rather than 2) comes in at Grade 2 in "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys (th-cam.com/video/0kSLFmMrFmI/w-d-xo.html). In Trinity College London Grades, 3/4 comes in at Grade 1 with "Three Wise Monkeys" (th-cam.com/video/l9IIWx1yrk8/w-d-xo.html), and 6/8 comes in at Grade 2 with "No No Nanigo" (th-cam.com/video/ft18GHqxwCA/w-d-xo.html) Is it something I should start to play? - Yeah! I'd say so. Also this: th-cam.com/video/tFPGG7zxxX8/w-d-xo.html Cheers man!
What’s The Difference Between 3/4 and 6/8?
Just got asked this again, probably the time signature question I hear the most!
3/4 is three groups of two quavers, felt and counted as “1 +, 2 +, 3 +”
6/8 is two groups of three quavers, felt and counted as “1 trip let, 2 trip let”
Video discussing time signatures at more length here: th-cam.com/video/CW6R7T1t00o/w-d-xo.html
Mike :)
If you’ve enjoyed these videos, please consider supporting this channel by “buying me a coffee” or becoming a monthly member at:
www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums.
Monthly members get a complimentary 30 mins Zoom session where we formulate personalized practice plan for you - updated each month as you progress. You also get access to members’ videos, drum support via video response/email, priority video requests - plus you’ll be supporting this channel and helping it to grow, which I’d hugely appreciate.
Ahh !🤯🤩Now I get it
Thanks man that was really helpful👍
I haden-t katched the detail that there was basically 3 downbeats in 3/4 and only 2 Inn 6/8 but now I finally get it
I feel like I’ve cracked some sort of mystery even though I didn’t do any of the work haha
@@samuelcarlsen1442 Ha ha, glad it makes sense! Just one thing - watch out with the word "downbeat", as that usually refers to just beat 1 of the bar (when the conductor's hand moves down). I prefer to talk about "emphasized beats" as I did here. Cheers 👊🏻
I will definitely remember that
thanks
I actually paused when I was writing that comment because I couldn’t think of a good word
so chose down beat
but I see my arrar now😉 ha ha
But thanks for saving me that one in front of my band leader👍🏻
Excellently explained as always. Best teacher on the internet by triplets!
Cheers Mick!
Thanks Mike that’s something I struggled to come to grips with but now it makes a lot more sense to me
Thanks again mate and keep up the great work
Cheers Don!
Thanks Mike for the easiest way to understand the difference between two!
Will you make a video for explain and teach us how to distinguish 2/4 and 6/8 at the end you said in this video ?as I am so confused with this problem too,it drive me crazy when I hear the song with this neat accent and can’t analyse,cheers mate:)
th-cam.com/video/CW6R7T1t00o/w-d-xo.html
@@MikeBarnesDrums thanks you so much Mike!!!!!
I think I get it a bit
So basically it is like 3/4 is 3 groups of quarter notes
And 6/8 is like 2 groups of triplets
👊🏻
Thanks for the video Mike, very thorough! One question: you mention in the video that in compound time the quarter notes are split into three eighth notes. Do you mean that's how they 'feel'? My understanding was that in 6/8 you have three quarter notes, so if, for example, you were playing bass drum on quarters these would fall every other eighth note, the same as 3/4. If the bass drum fell on 1 and 4 you would be playing dotted quarters. Is that correct?
Hi David, thanks for watching and glad if you found it helpful :) Yep dead right, the emphasized beats I'm referring to in 6/8 are indeed dotted quarter notes, therefore each contain three eights.
Compound time by definition is "musical rhythm or metre in which each beat in a bar is subdivided into three smaller units, so having the value of a dotted note".
6/8 is based on two dotted quarter notes, each containing three eighths. You're dead right that you could still have regular (not dotted) quarter notes, which would be equal to two eighths, within the rhythms you're playing - but the key point there is that they wouldn't be considered "beats of the bar" ("No No Nanigo" from Grade 2 is a great example of this: th-cam.com/video/ft18GHqxwCA/w-d-xo.html) - If regular quarter notes every 2 eighths was the predominant pulse, then you'd be in 3/4 not 6/8.
Cheers man, thanks for taking an interest and hope this helped! Please let me know if any further questions :)
@@MikeBarnesDrums perfect, thanks again. That definition of compound time really helps.
What grade do we start learning to play in 3/4 and 6/8? I’m grade 4 trinity rock and pop atm and have never learnt about this lol. Is it something I should start to play?
Hi, thanks for watching - In Trinity Rock and Pop, 3/4 comes in at Grade 2 in the improvising (th-cam.com/video/-swNn1BXnVU/w-d-xo.html), and in the pieces at Grade 3 for "Never Loved A Man" By Aretha Franklin (th-cam.com/video/5I-kla34imc/w-d-xo.html). Not 6/8 but 12/8 (very similar overall feel, just 4 emphasized beats in the bar rather than 2) comes in at Grade 2 in "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys (th-cam.com/video/0kSLFmMrFmI/w-d-xo.html).
In Trinity College London Grades, 3/4 comes in at Grade 1 with "Three Wise Monkeys" (th-cam.com/video/l9IIWx1yrk8/w-d-xo.html), and 6/8 comes in at Grade 2 with "No No Nanigo" (th-cam.com/video/ft18GHqxwCA/w-d-xo.html)
Is it something I should start to play? - Yeah! I'd say so. Also this: th-cam.com/video/tFPGG7zxxX8/w-d-xo.html
Cheers man!