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Author: ~Heather ~
Date: 2004-03-02 21:43
I knew this once but what is the formula for figuring out the times for dotted notes? Like a dotted half note is 3, but a dotted whole note is 6....so can somebody please refresh my memory! Thanks!
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2004-03-02 21:57
The dot adds half the value of the notation that it follows to the note. So if a whole note gets is equal to two half notes or four quarter notes, then a dotted whole note is equal to three half notes or six quarters. Similarly, if a half note is equal to two quarters, then a dotted half note is equal to three quarters.
It's really better to think of it like that than in terms of how many "beats" a dot confers upon the note. Remember, a dotted half gets three beats in 4/4, but in 2/2 or cut time it usually gets only 1 and half. The dot is only an indicator of duration.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2004-03-02 21:59
take half of the notes value and add it to the note. so a dotted hole note is 6 beats(4+2), dotted half is 3(2+1), and a dotted eigth is 3/4 of a beat(1/2+1/4). hope this helps.
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Author: ~Heather ~
Date: 2004-03-02 22:02
wow fast response! Thanks!
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Author: oboe
Date: 2004-03-03 02:01
heh, then of course you get the dotted- dotted half notes and stuff....those are bunches of fun!!!
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Author: ~Heather ~
Date: 2004-03-03 02:33
what? so you have a half note with 2 dots at the end? Can you please explain how that works oboe?
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2004-03-03 03:12
Well, if a dot confers half the value of the note it follows, then the dot after the dot confers half the value of the dot it follows. So if you have a quarter note with two dots, the first dot is worth an eighth note and the second dot is worth a sixteenth.
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