TIME SIGNATURE / 11/8
11/8 TIME SIGNATURE.
Eleven Pulse
GROUPING 3 + 3 + 2 + 3
An extended odd meter that becomes clear when its four groups are heard as one phrase.
ANSWER FIRST / 11/8
How 11/8 works.
11/8 time signature means 11 eighth-note beats in each measure. An extended odd meter that becomes clear when its four groups are heard as one phrase.
The top number counts the beats in a measure, while the bottom number makes the eighth-note the unit beat. Follow the accent grouping 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 to hear where each pulse begins.
GROOVE DEMO / 11/8
Listen for the shape.
11/8 is easier when you hear four groups instead of eleven isolated eighth notes: 3 + 3 + 2 + 3.
ACCENTS 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 · BPM 76
HEAR IT IN: Balkan folk patterns
CURRENT METER
ACCENTS 3 + 3 + 2 + 3
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