Assertion: eighth note | /r/CapableOf | get the beat
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text: If the tempo is 60 BPM and the time signature is 6/8 (which means the eighth note gets the beat), then an eighth note lasts 1 second and a measure lasts 6 seconds which means that a whole rest might be six seconds long (since often whole rests indicate the entire measure no matter what), and some might use a whole note for the whole measure in which case that would also be a 6 second whole note.
text: From what we learned earlier, this time signature indicates that there are six beats in a measure and the eighth note gets a beat.
text: In 6/8 time there are 6 beats to a measure and the eighth note gets one beat.
text: The same thing applies to 6/8 time -- the eighth notes get the beat, and there are six of them.
text: A half note, two quarter notes or four eighth notes get the beat.