Hi everyone. I've been lingering here for quite some time and finally decieded to join. I have been playing drums for quite a while in my teens and twenties. I have been at it again for several months now after a few years of not playing. This is irrelevant mostly, just posting a bit about myself.
My question i have is, what is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8? I have always understood 3/4 to be basically a odd sig (it is), but like a waltz 123/123. I always figured 6/8 as 6 straight notes in a measure in either triplets (blues) or straight in a odd rock groove. Well I watched a vid yesterday and the guy was playing 8th notes in 3/4 which I guess is the quarters subdivided into eights.
So I guess 3/4 is three counts before the measure starts over and 6/8 is 6 counts before it starts over regardless of what notes you play? If I play 16ths in 6/8 that would be 12 notes counted as 6?
Does this sound right? Or am I wrong?
My question i have is, what is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8? I have always understood 3/4 to be basically a odd sig (it is), but like a waltz 123/123. I always figured 6/8 as 6 straight notes in a measure in either triplets (blues) or straight in a odd rock groove. Well I watched a vid yesterday and the guy was playing 8th notes in 3/4 which I guess is the quarters subdivided into eights.
So I guess 3/4 is three counts before the measure starts over and 6/8 is 6 counts before it starts over regardless of what notes you play? If I play 16ths in 6/8 that would be 12 notes counted as 6?
Does this sound right? Or am I wrong?