About Time Signatures

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Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. Lesson

Hello @BirgitP 6/8 on a metronome can cause confusion. In 6/8 there are two main pulses, on beats 1 and 4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Each of these six beats is an eighth. two eighths = a quarter three eighths = a dotted quarter A dotted against a note / beat extends its duration by half again. If the tempo is given as 94bpm, you need to know if this is the bpm for quarter notes. [image] That would mean a tempo of 188bpm if considering eighths. Divide that by three to get the tempo for the dott…