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six-eight time

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In three-four time, six eighth notes may have one hook, but in six-eight time they should preferably have separate hooks of three eighth notes each.

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That solemn narrative in six-eight time in B flat, where had he heard it?

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The alto then takes up a larghetto in six-eight time, key D minor.

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The service concluded with an extremely graceful movement in six-eight time, that drove the Madonna out of the mind of at least one listener and substituted a vision of laughing girls swaying lightly to the rhythm and singing of the dancing waves whose foam gave birth to Venus.

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

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