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In this video, Berklee Online instructor Gaye Tolan Hatfield introduces you to conducting in the 6/8 time signature. She explains that the 6/8 pattern is used for slower tempo music, where there are six eighth notes to a bar. She shows you the pattern to a metronome click, and also explains that the pattern can be used as a basis for more complex time signatures such as 7/4 or 5/8.
About Gaye Tolan Hatfield:
Gaye Tolan Hatfield is a professor in the of Berklee College of Music’s Ear Training department. She has also taught in the Harmony, Voice, and Ensemble departments. She co-wrote and teaches the Berklee Online courses Ear Training 2 and Music Foundations. Her work outside of the college includes writing, arranging, transcribing, and performing locally as a vocalist, pianist, and flutist. She has assisted orchestrators for the Boston Pops, and in the summer of 2013, wrote a choral arrangement that was performed at the Pops 4th of July concert.
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Conducting | Odd Time Signatures | Conducting Patterns | 6/8 | 6/4 | Metronome | Gaye Tolan Hatfield | Berklee Online | Berklee College of Music
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