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Select A Different Lesson... ---------- Lesson 1 - Naming Your Fingers Lesson 2 - Naming The White Keys Lesson 3 - Finding Middle C Lesson 4 - The Musical Staff Lesson 5 - The Musical Note Lesson 6 - The Treble Clef Lesson 7 - Middle C On The Staff Lesson 8 - Leger Lines Lesson 9 - Quarter Notes And Half Notes Lesson 10 - Bar Lines And Measures Lesson 11 - Double Bar Lines and Repeat Signs Lesson 12 - Time Signatures Lesson 13 - Dotted Half Notes Lesson 14 - Whole Notes Lesson 15 - Rests Lesson 16 - Pick-up Notes Lesson 17 - Ties Lesson 18 - Sharp Signs Lesson 19 - Flat Signs Lesson 20 - Natural Signs Lesson 21 - Chords Lesson 22 - The Eighth Note Lesson 23 - Key Signatures Lesson 24 - Dotted Quarter Notes
We are now going to learn another new note called a
DOTTED QUARTER NOTE
Below is a picture of a dotted quarter note.
Below is an example.
The dot after the note means you increase the value by one-half, just like the dotted half note!
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Therefore a dotted quarter note is equal to: the value of a quarter note (1) plus the value of an eight note (1/2) which is 1 and 1/2 beats.
Play the song below while counting the time values. Notice that the dotted quarter note receives one and a half beats.