Understanding 9/8 Time- Rocky Road to Dublin
I'm trying to wrap my head around 9/8 time.
In the following example it seems clear:
However, this is the song I am actually trying to learn:
The first example is clear because the 3 triplets equals nine, but I keep getting hung with the Rocky Road to Dublin.
I understand that quarter notes get two beats in 9/8 time, but why?
I find doing this easiest counting to a full 9 on each measure, 123456789. so I can let my quarter note ring two beats, then a 16th just gets one beat, and then the tuplets get tricky...I guess I'm starting on a rather tricky intro to 9/8 ?
Any recomendations for playing in 9/8 or other songs I should check out?
Thanks,
Troy
Last edited by 9lbShellhamer; Nov-09-2013 at 7:04pm.
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