Michael, I love your videos. If 6-8 rhythms are special, then your lessons are much more than special. Your modest, gentle approach to your subject puts students at ease, yet gets them to concentrate and keeps them interesting. That is a rare ability.
Thank you for your nice compliment! I have fun in making these video's and when I get responses like yours I'll stay motivated. So thank you very much!
Wow, I have never tried to think of the 6/8 bell divided in three. Always four, six, or twelve. It is extremely challenging for me to get this feeling! Even when I listen to you playing it, I can't hear the feel of the familiar bell pattern anymore, and I have to work very hard to even clap it out when it is divided into three. There is so much magic in the 6/8 pattern! Thank you for another great video--I'm going to be fooling around with this until I can feel it.
I discovered these differences in "feeling" organically and when I discovered them I was completely amazed with them and music in general. You are the first person I have seen actually talking about them. Great great stuff I am really enjoying this video. Plus, I only discovered the 4 and 3 on my own! Thanks for all the new stuff. Great and very creative and intelligent music lesson.
Another well done lesson, Michael, its really great to see you focusing a bit more on the theory and giving a practical exercise to help people understand the 6/8 feeling. Thank you!
actually the standard bell pattern is based on the 3 beat division. applying it to 12/8 you have 6 beats. this 6 beats are also calles six-beat cycle. you're playing evey second note. the complementary pattern is playing all the other note. so it's a displaced six-beat cycle. this cycle is called offbeat-six cycle. so, the standard bell pattern is a composition of this two cycles. you can see that 2 times there 2 consecutive note (2+/2a, 4e/1). this are the changes between the 2 cycles.
I have relearnt some of the 6x8 rhythms dividing them in 3 and then I can play them along with 4x4 rhythms giving a solo feeling because they are constantly moving. Great Video, very inspiring.
Well, actually the open tones are not the main beats, but they just show the potential of the 6/8 rhythm. Most of the time the main beats are in four (12/8) or 2 beats in 6/8. A little bit like a 4/4 shuffle. So you are right with Afro blue, the baseline is in 3 and the main beat is in 2, so 3:2. When the main beat would be 6, then it would be a waltz, like you said.
It is always good the search and find out new things on your own! It gives a great feeling and if I can help a little bit with this, then I'm happy! Have fun with the video's!
In Africa they use this a lot, playing a 6/8 rhythm and changing it in a kind of 3/4 waltz. I always have to listen several times to it to understand what is happing! Well, have fun with it!
ok but i think that if you have three pulses (black note) in one 6/8 measure it's a 3/4 measure. Because it seems to me that 6/8 is automatically ternary rhythm.
hi michael, very nice video. i have a question, when you play the open tones, they supposed to be the main beats? so when you play 6 open tones within a bell pattern cycle, so you have 6 main beats instead of 4? but if so, it wouldn't be a 12/8 rhythm, but a 3/4 with 8th notes, no? so it would have more 3/4 (waltz) feeling, than 6/8 feeling. when you here the baseline of "afro-blue" by mongo santamaria you can hear this pattern. but that's 3:2 cross-rhythm still with 6/8 feeling.
Great lesson!!! I am just having a hard time to get the difference between 12/8 and 6/8, wich will be represented like this: 12/8 I♫♫♫♫♫♫II And the 6/8 I♫♫♫II the difference will be the speed?Thanks for your help. I love your videos. you are an amzing teacher! Doie doie
Michael, I love your videos. If 6-8 rhythms are special, then your lessons are much more than special. Your modest, gentle approach to your subject puts students at ease, yet gets them to concentrate and keeps them interesting. That is a rare ability.
Thank you for your nice compliment! I have fun in making these video's and when I get responses like yours I'll stay motivated. So thank you very much!
Simple and clear instruction for such complicated rhythms. Gracias!
Thank you, Kurt!
Wow, I have never tried to think of the 6/8 bell divided in three. Always four, six, or twelve. It is extremely challenging for me to get this feeling! Even when I listen to you playing it, I can't hear the feel of the familiar bell pattern anymore, and I have to work very hard to even clap it out when it is divided into three. There is so much magic in the 6/8 pattern! Thank you for another great video--I'm going to be fooling around with this until I can feel it.
I discovered these differences in "feeling" organically and when I discovered them I was completely amazed with them and music in general. You are the first person I have seen actually talking about them. Great great stuff I am really enjoying this video. Plus, I only discovered the 4 and 3 on my own! Thanks for all the new stuff. Great and very creative and intelligent music lesson.
Another well done lesson, Michael, its really great to see you focusing a bit more on the theory and giving a practical exercise to help people understand the 6/8 feeling. Thank you!
actually the standard bell pattern is based on the 3 beat division. applying it to 12/8 you have 6 beats. this 6 beats are also calles six-beat cycle. you're playing evey second note. the complementary pattern is playing all the other note. so it's a displaced six-beat cycle. this cycle is called offbeat-six cycle. so, the standard bell pattern is a composition of this two cycles. you can see that 2 times there 2 consecutive note (2+/2a, 4e/1). this are the changes between the 2 cycles.
Thank you! I my country there was also a time in which people shared with family, friends an neighbours. I hope we can bring back those times!!
this is so useful !! thank you for your work
You're welcome!!
I have relearnt some of the 6x8 rhythms dividing them in 3 and then I can play them along with 4x4 rhythms giving a solo feeling because they are constantly moving. Great Video, very inspiring.
U are really good teacher! Thanks a lot!
Thank you very much, Alejandro!
Well, actually the open tones are not the main beats, but they just show the potential of the 6/8 rhythm. Most of the time the main beats are in four (12/8) or 2 beats in 6/8. A little bit like a 4/4 shuffle. So you are right with Afro blue, the baseline is in 3 and the main beat is in 2, so 3:2. When the main beat would be 6, then it would be a waltz, like you said.
Great lesson, Michael. Thank you, Wayne
mongofan1 Your welcome!!
Thank you! I hope people can use this information and play around with it. These 6/8 rhythms can give so much fun!!
Your videos are always SO helpful! Thank you!
thanks for the answer. i will have in mind the concept you're teaching. thx!!
Fascinating and very clear. Thank you very much for this video!
once again, thank you Michael!!!
It is always good the search and find out new things on your own! It gives a great feeling and if I can help a little bit with this, then I'm happy! Have fun with the video's!
Very good explanation!
In Africa they use this a lot, playing a 6/8 rhythm and changing it in a kind of 3/4 waltz. I always have to listen several times to it to understand what is happing! Well, have fun with it!
Very Useful Michael as usual, thanks for sharing :)
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Jorge
just the answer to my last question. great learning tool . will be useful for me. son now! thanks a lot
Gracias Michael.
ok but i think that if you have three pulses (black note) in one 6/8 measure it's a 3/4 measure. Because it seems to me that 6/8 is automatically ternary rhythm.
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy the video's!
great stuff man! thanks for sharing.
You're welcome and enjoy it!!
hi michael, very nice video. i have a question, when you play the open tones, they supposed to be the main beats? so when you play 6 open tones within a bell pattern cycle, so you have 6 main beats instead of 4? but if so, it wouldn't be a 12/8 rhythm, but a 3/4 with 8th notes, no? so it would have more 3/4 (waltz) feeling, than 6/8 feeling. when you here the baseline of "afro-blue" by mongo santamaria you can hear this pattern. but that's 3:2 cross-rhythm still with 6/8 feeling.
Theks !!!!!!!video is great !!!!!!!
Excelente!!!!
Muchas gracias, Arturo!!
Your welcome, enjoy it!!
Great lesson!!! I am just having a hard time to get the difference between 12/8 and 6/8, wich will be represented like this: 12/8 I♫♫♫♫♫♫II And the 6/8 I♫♫♫II the difference will be the speed?Thanks for your help. I love your videos. you are an amzing teacher! Doie doie
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De nada! Saludos!!
Your welcome!
so you start with the six-cycle change to the offbeat six cycle and go back the six cycle again