[carol m]

Originally Posted by Fretsource

Forbidden Games, which is one of Kirk's lessons, is an example of 9/8. It's easy to hear the 3 mini beats within each of the 3 main beats per bar. It can be written as 9/8 (with normal eighth notes) or as 3/4 (with triplet eighth notes). I've seen it written both ways.

So would you count 9/8 as one two three, one two three, one two three to make up one bar of eighth notes (3x3=9), or if it was 3/4 you would count one two three for 1 bar of quarter notes as in a standard waltz?

However I always think of 6/8 as the same as 3/4 for practical purposes - can I get away with that? To me it's the same as 2/4 vs 4/4 = a level of detail for the next grade up because it doesn't seem to matter in practice.

My ex guitar teacher would find the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 endlessly fascinating but after I realised it didn't really matter, my brain would glaze over.

You've stumped me with the 12/8 though because 12 could be 3x4 or 4x3 - or maybe that's what you are saying? Can you think of an example of a recorded slow blues example in 12/8 so we can hear the rhythm?