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Beaming Help (3/4 vs 6/8)

chopin
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Hi everyone!

I have a question about beaming notes in music and how to find the correct number of beats in a measure.  Does anyone know why 3/4 time has 3 beats, but 6/8 time has 2 beats?  For example, I am trying to understand why in 3/4 time we group eighth notes by 2's and in 6/8 time we group eighth notes by 3's.

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    Well I would have to say it has to with where the accents fall. With 3/4 the accents being on one.

    And  6/8 the accents falling on 1 & 4

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