Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2001/02

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] 12/8 time
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 19:02:36 -0500

12/8 time is either counted in 12 if it is very slow with every 1/8 note getting
one of the twelve beats, or it is counted in 4 with three eighth notes played as
if they were triplets. 12/8 time, when played the latter way, is a triplet
version of 4/4 time. Say--1,la,le 2,la,le 3,la,le 4,la,le.

NothingToHide15@-----.com wrote:

> does anyone know what the different ways to count 12/8 time are? I'm a little
> confused. Are they you can either give a beat to each 8th note, play 2
> triplets, or each two notes a beat?
>
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