Unfortunately, this is not the way things have evolved.
Let’s take a look at “The Irish Washerwoman” again, this time with the conventional time signature:
Let’s take a look at “The Irish Washerwoman” again, this time with the conventional time signature:
Our first reaction looking at the time signature might be to think that there are six beats in the measure and the 8th-note is the symbol for the beat. But we already know there are only 2 beats per measure and that the beat symbol is a dotted quarter.
