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One way to get a different length is by dotting the note or rest. A dotted note is one-and-a-half times the length of the same note without the dot. In other words, the note keeps its original length and adds another half of that original length because of the dot. So a dotted half note, for example, would last as long as a half note plus a quarter note, or three quarters of a whole note.
Figure 1.58 he dot acts as if it is adding another note half the length of the original note. A dotted quarter note, for example, would be the length of a
quarter plus an eighth, because an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note.
Exercise 1.12
Figure 1.59 Exercise 1.12
A note may have more than one dot. Each dot adds half the length that the dot before it added. For example, the first dot after a half note adds a quarter note length; the second dot would add an eighth note length.
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Figure 1.60 When a note has more than one dot, each dot is worth half of the dot before it.
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