Disclaimer: The following is my opinion and I am sure that if you asked 10 musicians, you'd get 10 different answers....

6/8 is essentially 4/4 (with a triplet feel on each beat). So a 4/4 bar would be the same as a single bar of 12/8 or two bars of 6/8.

For example, oh darling by the Beatles.

Here is sheet music of it 6/8
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/77123/Product.aspx

'Same song in 12/8
http://www.onlinesheetmusic.com/oh-darling-p380267.aspx

Same thing for color my world .. take your pick between 12/8, 6/8, 4/4

6/8 http://www.onlinesheetmusic.com/colour-my-world-p372711.aspx
12/8 https://www.sheetmusicdirect.us/sheetmusic/song/1000032476/colour-my-world?redirect=1
4/4 https://concertblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/colour-my-world-for-piano/

The important thing to realize (at least if you agree with me) is that 12/8 and 6/8 are just 4/4 in disguise, where each beat of the 4/4 is 3/8

If I asked you to play the following medley of the 3 sheet music versions of color my world.

COLOR MY WORLD MEDLEY (see sheet music above)
1st medley song color my world in 6/8
2nd medley song color my world in 12/8
3rd medley song color my world in 4/4

Would you expect to playing them any differently? The answer is no, they are the exact same, just counted differently and notated differently. But played the same.

Any slow 4/4 tempo style with a triplet feel works well for 6/8 or 12/8.

The stylepicker for version 2016 has a time sig filter and you can choose 12/8 or just type 12/8 or 6/8 into the filter or better still just type /8 and you'd get both 12/8 and 6/8 styles.




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Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.