6/8
Three-quarter note beats
Six-eight is a musical time signature indicating six beats per measure with the eighth note receiving one beat.
It creates a lilting, compound duple feel—two groups of three—common in jigs, marches, and lullabies: Rock-a-bye Baby is in 6/8.
The grouping distinguishes it from 3/4, which has three groups of two.
Organized auditory art
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- meterDevice that measures usage
- measureUnit of quantity
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
waltz · compound · triple · notation · conductor · tempo · downbeat · barline
Sixth calendar month
anniversary · birthday · summer · schedule · appointment · event · deadline · reminder
Science of quantity and structure
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- three-quartersSeventy-five percent portion
- decimalTenths-based notation
- percentageProportion out of hundred
proportion · numerator · denominator · division · simplify · equivalent · reduction · calculation
music
Organized auditory art
beat · waltz · compound · triple · notation · conductor · tempo · downbeat · barline · classical
June
Sixth calendar month
day · anniversary · birthday · summer · schedule · appointment · event · deadline · reminder · notation
mathematics
Science of quantity and structure
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- three-quartersSeventy-five percent portion
- decimalTenths-based notation
percentage · proportion · numerator · denominator · division · simplify · equivalent · reduction · calculation · arithmetic