6/4 time
6 quarter notes per bar, stressed on 1 and 4. Six quarters in two groups of three — like 6/8, only written with quarters. With notation, sound and a metronome already set to 6/4 time.
- Counts
- 6 quarter notes
- Beats (as felt)
- 2 per bar (three quarter notes each)
- Stressed
- 1, 4
- Groups
- 3+3
One bar, counted
The upper number says how many counts the bar has (6), the lower which note is one count (quarter notes).
How to count
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6, stressed on 1 and 4 — two broad beats.
Start the metronome in 6/4 time
At 60 beats per minute, stressed as above — tempo and stress can be changed there.
Where it occurs
Six quarters in two groups of three — like 6/8, only written with quarters. Common in hymnals; »Silent Night« appears this way and as 6/8.
Pieces on this site in this time
Related time signatures
Anotona does this for you
Photograph a page of sheet music or play the melody — Anotona finds the key, engraves the notes and transposes them into any other. Free.
See AnotonaEvery note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.