Dotted Notes In Music Explained!

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All about reading music and the rhythms and understanding what the dotted notes in music mean.

-Walt

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[ramirez9195]

great but can u show it with a guitar.please

[waltribeiro]

oops.. sorry :(

[OneChance99]

you cant have a dotted whole note if its 4/4 time? right?

[waltribeiro]

correct - because that would be 6 beats in a measure of 4

[DICACIO1]

@waltribeiro @OneChance99 ...Wrong, because the dotted whole note would just play straight into the next measure in 4/4 time, and if you wanted to play that same note again you would wait till the 3rd beat next measure. So in measure 1 a dotted G# sharp whole note would last for 6 beats as requested, until the next measures 3rd beat in 4/4 time.

It almost the same as a Tie-note situation, the note must sustain as written in the music piece, unless you're improvising. Cheers from LA! ;)

[waltribeiro]

@DICACIO1 well if you're throwing in ties, then yes. but that seems a bit technical. whatever works.

[DICACIO1]

@waltribeiro. a dotted whole note can be the equivalent to a 6-beat TIE, which is fairly easy to teach the student(s). so the dotted whole note is just another way to tie-in extra time on a note or chord in 4/4 or 3/4, etc.

yes, it's a matter of whatever works for the musician/composer. I was trying to prove that you can have a dotted whole note in 4/4 common time, is all I'm saying. in a 4/4 ENDING measure you cannot have a dotted whole note, but before that you can :)

[DICACIO1]

continued.

Why couldn't a String section play a dotted hole note in 4/4 time? Music doesn't stop at each measure does it? So the dotted whole note can in fact be played and written for 4/4 time, especially for Strings!

Hold down a synthesizer string patch for six beats in 4/4 time and the Answer is Yes. You will stop at the 3rd beat of the next measure. 1-2-3-4. 2-2-STOP. Hope that helps :)

[MrAzizulHakimi]

I heard skype message notification!

[JPiiiX]

FINALLY, i found a video explaining this, thx so much, i was stuck on dot notes and tied notes. now i can go on.

[Axeman89]

Does anyone know if a dotted quarter note is the same as an eighth note triplet like having three eighth notes tied together? please reply.

[moncmon]

thank man. even though i knew about it, i forgot it easily. thanks for the vid.