9/8 time
9 eighth notes per bar, stressed on 1 and 4 and 7. Three groups of three eighths: three swaying beats, each divided in three. With notation, sound and a metronome already set to 9/8 time.
- Counts
- 9 eighth notes
- Beats (as felt)
- 3 per bar (three eighth notes each)
- Stressed
- 1, 4, 7
- Groups
- 3+3+3
One bar, counted
The upper number says how many counts the bar has (9), the lower which note is one count (eighth notes).
How to count
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, stressed on 1, 4 and 7 — or three beats with an »and a« each.
Start the metronome in 9/8 time
At 60 beats per minute, stressed as above — tempo and stress can be changed there.
Where it occurs
Three groups of three eighths: three swaying beats, each divided in three. Rare but lovely — Bach's »Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring« is written this way.
Pieces on this site in this time
Related time signatures
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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.