Hello Anthony! In this case, you could use 6/8 without any difference.

Sometimes there is a slight difference in feel between the 2 time signatures. But since there is a chord change on the first beat of every bar (in 12/8 as well as 6/8) you could use either.

Mike

Originally Posted by: anthm

Hi Mike,

A great lesson on House of the rising sun, love it and have almost got the arpeggio up to full song speed.

I see the time signature is in 12/8 with 2 chords per bar. Would it make any difference to have it in 6/8 with one chord per bar?

Thanks in advance

Anthony (Hong Kong)