What’s the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time?

Start learning the piano today with your free trial of Skoove: #a_aid=davidbennett 🎹 📌NOTE: I chose to cut “Subterranean Homesick Alien“ by Radiohead out of this video due to copyright issues. Sorry! There is often confusion and disagreement when it comes to whether a song is in 3/4 time or 6/8 time. Although some songs can fit equally well into 3/4 or 6/8, usually one of these two meters is the far more obvious and intuitive choice when transcribing or conceptualizing a given piece of music. Let’s look at the differences between these two time signatures and also at how they interact with similar meters such as 9/8 or 12/8. Stream my new EP “The Longest March“ at Spotify: or download it at Bandcamp: Thank you to Young Man for his feedback on this video! 🎵 And, an extra special thanks goes to Vidad Flowers, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: 0:00 Introduction 0:26 3/4 vs. 6/8 2:48 how does 3/4 actually sound? 3:20 how does 6/8 actually sound? 3:53 “America“ from West Side Story 4:23 slow 6/8 sounds like 3/4 5:09 fast 3/4 sounds like 6/8 6:15 GUESS THE TIME SIGNATURE! 8:57 3:2 polyrhythms 9:54 6/8 vs. 12/8 11:17 3/4 vs. 9/8 13:50 outro