I do not understand time signatures and can not find videos that explain why they matter.
How is 3/4 and 6/8 different and would a song sound different if a 6/8 song was played in 3/4?
Why not just write every song in common time and move the measure line?
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When it comes to just math, it’s true there’s no difference between 3/4 and 6/8.
In practice, the time signature is a hint about where the emphasis *generally* belongs in musical phrases.
I say “hint” and “generally” because it’s not a strict rule and there’s always room for the composer and musician to make different artistic choices.
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In theory, you could play a 6/8 song “in 3/4” by subtly emphasizing beats 1, 3 and 5 rather than beats 1 and 4:
ONE two THREE four FIVE six
vs
ONE two three FOUR five six
But you’d probably feel like the music was fighting you. Having that feeling or intuition means you actually do understand time signatures, you just couldn’t explain them before.
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