Meters
Simple and compound, heard and counted
- Meter
- 6/8: compound meter
- Beats per measure
- 2 beats
- Beat unit
- dotted quarter note
- Beat division
- triple: 3 eighth notes per beat
- Reading the numbers
- 6 = number of beat-thirds; 8 = the eighth note, one third of a beat
- Corresponding meter
- 2/4 (simple: top ÷3, bottom ÷2)
- Strong beats
- beat 1 strong, beat 2 weak
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Used in: Beats, Compound Meters, Simple and Compound Meters Compared