6/8 time

David Sanderson · Post by **David Sanderson** » 13 Oct 2009 10:22 am

Having trouble with getting everything to work right with 6/8 time.Change to 4/4 time but can't get intro right or measures.Need help learning how to work 6/8 songs.Tried to do "Bells Will Be Ringing" for Christmas but couldn't get it right.Thanks for all your help ahead of time.This forum is great.
David

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 13 Oct 2009 11:27 am

Click on Styles, click on All, then click on Search and enter 6/8 into the search box, click OK. Continue doing that and you will access every BIAB style that has "6/8" in it's description. You'll notice that many of them are also 3/4 time.

The quickest way to listen to the various styles is to enter some chords into BIAB and start it playing, then go to styles/search and access the various 6/8 styles while the file is playing.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 13 Oct 2009 11:30 am

You can use 3/4 timing for 6/8.
It just takes twice as many measures.
Instead of 6 beats to the measure, you'll have 3 beats so the song will be twice as long.

David Sanderson · Post by **David Sanderson** » 13 Oct 2009 4:11 pm

Thanks guys.Search did the trick.Pulled up 3/4 & 6/8.Just what the doctor ordered.Great forum.
David