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It's easy to demonstrate in person, but kind of hard to describe in print. Try this:
Snap your finger in an even, steady rhythm, 1 - 2, 1 - 2...a beat for each snap. Then, instead of counting 1 - 2 as you snap, count 123 - 456, 123 - 456...three beats for each snap. (It might also help you get the hang of it to think of 6/8 as 3/4 in doubletime.)
The ucken note is a eith note
Well the 8 in 6/8 means that an 8th note gets 1 COUNT so it can be confusing if you have only played in 4/4 time. To figure out the notes all you do is do the math if an eight note gets 1 count that must mean a quarter note gets 2 counts.
a whole note is in fact 4 beats
If you mean a half note, half notes get 2 counts in 4/4 or 3/4 time. In 2/2, 4/2, or cut time a half note gets 1 count.
Crotchets are also known as quarter notes. In simple time signatures, a quarter note gets one beat. In compound time signatures, the unit beat is a dotted quarter note.
The ucken note is a eith note
Well the 8 in 6/8 means that an 8th note gets 1 COUNT so it can be confusing if you have only played in 4/4 time. To figure out the notes all you do is do the math if an eight note gets 1 count that must mean a quarter note gets 2 counts.
a whole note is in fact 4 beats
If you mean a half note, half notes get 2 counts in 4/4 or 3/4 time. In 2/2, 4/2, or cut time a half note gets 1 count.
Crotchets are also known as quarter notes. In simple time signatures, a quarter note gets one beat. In compound time signatures, the unit beat is a dotted quarter note.
an eighth note which is half of one beat or count in 4/4 time
6|8 time means there are six beats in a measure, and the eighth note gets the count. So, there are six eighth note beats per measure in 6|8 time.
In 4:4 time, a quarter note gets one beat. (4:4 means Four beats to the measure and the quarter note is one count)
In 2/4 time, an eight note gets half a beat. (A quarter note gets one.)
In six-eight time, a quarter note gets two beats. (An eight note gets one.)
Yes and no. Commonly, a quarter note gets one beat, an eighth note gets half, and a sixteenth note gets one fourth of a beat (4-4 time). Occasionally, a song will be in 4-8 or 2-8 time, then the quarter note gets two beats, the eighth note gets one, and the sixteenth note gets half a beat. That help?
a whole note equals 4 beats and takes up an entire measure in a 4/4 time signature