What does it mean when it is 6/8 time in a musical setting vs 4/4 or 3/2?

Answer 1

Hello Music Lover,
I am a music director/composer came to help you.
First to know it only look at above figures of 6/8, 4/4 and 3/2. Those are 6.4 and 3 which means every drum beat repeats after so much of counts and continues. For example
In 3/2 it counts as
|1 2 3 |1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |...........and so on
In 4/4 counts as
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |......and so on
In 6/8
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |..........and so on
Remeber while counting go on clapping at every 1 simultaneously and U will understand what it is.
Secondly below figures in 6/8, 4/4 and 3/2 tell us how much fast should they be counted. As they decrease counting will be fast
that means
6/8 is faster than 6/4 is faster than 6/2 and respectively they take double time to be counted but each have compulsorily 6 counts.
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Answer 2

It means 6 eighth notes per measure/bar (they mean the same thing).
4/4 means four quarter notes per measure.
3/2 means three half notes per measure.

The basic premise is that one measure equals one whole note (with exceptions) Then just apply math. The denominator designates how that whole note is being broken up (quarters, halves, eighths, sixteenths), then the numerator tells you how many of those pieces (notes) per measure.

I disagree with the strict answer that 6/8 is faster than 6/4, etc., not necessarily, it doesn't directly have anything to do with tempo, although certain time signatures work better with certain tempos.
Its all just in how the composer felt to notate his work, on how he/she felt the melody would best be notated.

Typically, music in 6/8 has a "triplet" feel. The six beats per measure is often grouped in two groups of 3 beats.

Answer 3

6/8 time means 6 beats in a measure and the eight note gets the count. like, 123 456

4/4 time means 4 beats per measure and the quarter note gets the count. like, 1 2 3 4

and i've never seen 3/2 time. sorry :(

i hope this helped!

Answer 4

6/8 means there r 6 beats per measure and the eighth notes get one count. 4/4 means there r four beats per measure and a quarter note gets one beat, and 3/2 means 3 beats per measure and the half note gets one beat. confusing but yha.

Answer 5

6/8 = six beats in a measure, 8th note gets one beat
4/4 = four beats in a measure, 1/4 note gets one beat
3/2 = three beats in a measure, 1/2 note gets one beat

Answer 6

I think it's 6 beats per bar, 8 bars per measure

Answer 7

6 quarter notes per measure.

Answer 8

6 beats per measure :)

Answer 9

That's the countsss.
Each measure has that many beats. And it says how much each one are worth. or something like htat.