Compound meter · 9 beats per bar

9
8

Three groups of three. Expansive, rolling, less common but unmistakable.

Accent pattern

STRONG·wk·wk · medium·wk·wk · weak·wk·wk

9/8
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About 9/8 time

9/8 is compound triple meter: nine 8th notes in three groups of three. Primary accents on beats 1, 4, and 7. It's like 3/4 but each beat subdivides into three 8th notes rather than two. Rarer than 6/8 or 12/8, but creates an even more flowing, expansive character. Found in Irish slip jigs (which must be in 9/8) and some Baroque and Romantic era works.

Famous examples in 9/8

Slip Jigs

Irish Traditional

9/8 is the slip jig meter

Raga Rupak Tal

Indian Classical

7-beat cycle related

Prelude in 9/8

Various Baroque

Compound pastoral feel