sextuple meter

seks-TUH-pul MEET-ter. Compound metrical pattern that consists of six beats to every measure.

sextuple meter (compound duple) - has 6 beats to the measure or two main beats that each divides into three (ONE-and-a TWO-and-a).

Meter describes the number of beats in a measure (also know as a “bar”) and how the beats are normally divided. 🔗 Beat is "[t]he basic pulse underlying measured music and thus the unit by which musical time is reckoned..." according to Barry Kernfeld in The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition.

three beats per measure Triple meter means that there are three beats per measure. An example would be 3/4, which indicates that there are three beats, represented by quarter notes, in each measure.

Compound meters Compound meters are meters in which the beat divides into three and then further subdivides into six. Duple meters have groupings of two beats, triple meters have groupings of three beats, and quadruple meters have groupings of four beats.

compound duple meter Compound: each beat can be divided into three equal notes. Six-four time (6/4) is also an example of compound duple meter. meter.

6/8 is a compound duple meter. There are six beats per measure. It is counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Yet in faster tempos the first three counts can be counted as 1 and the second three counts can be counted as 2.

Quadruple meter is a meter with four primary beats. It is really a version of duple meter but, because it is the most commonly used meter in music, it has its own label. It is also called common time. Quadruple meter demonstrates the subtle effect of accent on a rhythm.

compound duple The six eighth notes can either be grouped into two beats (compound duple) or three beats (simple triple). The six quavers can either be grouped into two beats (compound duple) or three beats (simple triple). Since the simple triple pattern already belongs to 3/4 time, 6/8 is compound duple.

COMPOUND DUPLE meters In 6/16, 6/8, and 6/4 meters, there are two beats per measure, and each beat can be divided into threes. We call these COMPOUND DUPLE meters - COMPOUND because the beats divide into threes, and DUPLE because there are two beats per measure.

compound meter 6/8 is what's known as a compound meter. In a compound meter, we feel the pulse of the music in larger groupings of three notes, even though we count each of those notes as a beat. This means that we feel the pulse of 6/8 in two, with three beats filling in (or subdividing) the space between the pulses.

six eighth notes 6/8 time signature has six eighth notes in each measure. It's in compound meter, with two large groups of three eighth-note beats each. Thus, it has a feel of two “big beats” with accents on beats 1 and 4, while 3/4 has a feel of three “big beats” with accents on 1, 2, and 3.