six-eight time

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: six-eight.  music a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature

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six-eight time

His series of judgements in F sharp minor, given andante in six-eight time, are among the most remarkable effects ever produced in a Court of Chancery.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

For there was a seeming confusion of three-four time with six-eight time.

From The Shadow World by Hamlin Garland

Band played six-eight time; six-eight chaws I, willynilly. 

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy

This latter Polonaise is preceded by an andante spianato in G in six-eight time, and unaccompanied.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker

"Set you to play six-eight time an' 'tis beads right away."

From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch