A good example of the unnecessary confusion over 12/8 time woild be the Song “Blueberry Hill”

Now if i asked you to write out the chords to blueberry hill, I’d expect you would do it in 4/4 time signature and the chords would be in key of C.

Thrill on blueberry hill
4/4 | F | F | C | C |

Easy-peasy

But wait, many people say the song Blueberry Hill is in 12/8, like this leadsheet https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en...fPdju4AUL2wOKzmggGn1yWM2EqxoCKYgQAvD_BwE

And so how do enter it now?. The answer is the exact same way, since 4/4 = 12/8. So your chords will look identical, and you just pick any 4/4 song with a triplet feel;

But wait, I’m an avid music reader, and want to see the notation done as 12/8 in BiaB. No problem! Just press the time sig button on the notation toolbar and select 12/8 and you’ll see it notated just like you do on that sheetmusicdirect link I posted above. You don’t have to redo any notation, just select 12/8 or 4/4 as you see fit.

Last edited by PeterGannon; 05/12/24 10:13 AM.
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