6/8 country style

[HVYamaha]

Hello, I like to play John Hiatt's "Til I get my lovin back " on my PSR3000. I think it's played in a 6/8 countrystyle, so that's what I'm looking for. Can someone Help me? Greetings from the Netherlands

[BogdanH]

I'm not that familiar with notation stuff, but as far I know, 6/8 measure is the same as 3/4.. which is known as waltz measure. Maybe you can find appropriate style easier if you look after 3/4...
If I'm wrong, other will correct me.

Bogdan

[mikf]

Don't know about country styles in 6/8 but there are several 6/8 styles and 12/8 styles on the keyboard in different genres which might have the right rhythmic feel. 6/8 is really like a half measure of 12/8, just like 2/4 is like a half measure of 4/4. Probably best start from one of those that sounds closest and edit instrument tracks to get the country feel in the sound.
Don't want to get too technical but 6/8 is really 2/4 but with a triplet on each of the two beats. So it's more related to 2/4  than 3/4. Same way 12/8 is 4/4 with triplet on each of the 4 beats. You can't think of time signatures like math fractions where 3/4 is same as 6/8 or 12/8 or 15/20, even though time signatures are written to look like fractions. Main thing is that all these key signatures have a different rhythmic feel.

On Yamaha arrangers, no matter what the style is called, it will probably show 4/4 on the screen unless it's 3/4, because that's how they program the style. But it doesn't really matter, - what matters is rhythmic feel. And that is contained in the programming of the style.
Mike