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Lupacante · 02-12-2009, 06:16 PM

according to my maths they are the same thing...
why do you see pieces of music written in 3/4 with a 6/8 bar in the middle? or songs in 2/2...why not call it 4/4? what's the difference?

thank you
marco

mellowsun · 02-12-2009, 06:44 PM

Big discussion on these issues on this thread:

http://www.musicradar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33248

6/8 has more of a 'two beats in the bar' feel: ONE-two-three FOUR-five-six, tends to be quicker, lilting feel
3/4, slower, more waltz like feel, ONE-and-two-and-three-and ONE-and-two-and-three-and.

Golden Brown is in 6/8 with a few bars of 7/8 thrown in. Also Back to the old House by the Smiths. And many more.

02-12-2009, 06:16 PM	#1
Lupacante Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 34	difference between 3/4 and 6/8? 2/2 and 4/4? according to my maths they are the same thing... why do you see pieces of music written in 3/4 with a 6/8 bar in the middle? or songs in 2/2...why not call it 4/4? what's the difference? thank you marco

02-12-2009, 06:44 PM	#2
mellowsun Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 625	Big discussion on these issues on this thread: http://www.musicradar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33248 6/8 has more of a 'two beats in the bar' feel: ONE-two-three FOUR-five-six, tends to be quicker, lilting feel 3/4, slower, more waltz like feel, ONE-and-two-and-three-and ONE-and-two-and-three-and. Golden Brown is in 6/8 with a few bars of 7/8 thrown in. Also Back to the old House by the Smiths. And many more. __________________ Selling: Tanglewood TW73B Parlour Electro Acoustic -------------- http://www.youtube.com/macpips http://www.myspace.com/mellowsunuk http://www.icompositions.com/artists/mellowsun

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