There are 1 and a half beats in a dotted crotchet.
Assuming they are crotchet beats, the note worth three crotchet beats would be a dotted minim.
Assuming they are crotchet beats, the note worth three crotchet beats would be a dotted minim.
In musical notation, a crotchet (quarter note) is worth 1 beat, a dotted crotchet (dotted quarter note) is worth 1.5 beats, and a quaver (eighth note) is worth 0.5 beats. Adding these together: 1 (crotchet) + 1.5 (dotted crotchet) + 0.5 (quaver) + 1 (crotchet) equals 4 beats in total. Thus, the sum of a crotchet, a dotted crotchet, a quaver, and another crotchet is 4 beats.
It's called a dotted minum
A dotted crotchet is worth one and a half beats .
6 crotchet beats
6 semiquavers worth a dotted crotchet
Half of a dotted crotchet is a dotted quaver.
2/4 is an example of a time signature. The top number tells you how many beats are in the bar, in this example 2. The bottom of the time signature tells you what type of beats they are: in this case they are crotchet beats because of the 4. 2 on the bottom means minum beats, you can sometimes get 1 for semibreves and 8 is for measuring in quaver beats. These are the most common I think. If you have 8 on the bottom and the top number is a multiple of 3 I think you tend to count in dotted crotchet beats. You divide the top number by 3 to get the number of dotted crotchet beats per bar. I.e. 9/8 is 3 dotted crotchet beats per bar. I apologise for going off on a tangent there but hope that's useful too. So, 2/4 means 2 crotchet beats per bar. (It's simple duple time; duple because there are two beats in a bar and simple because they are crotchet beats. Dotted crotchet beats would make it compound).
1 and a halfIt's half as long again, i.e. three quavers long instead of two.
Crotchet - 1 beat Quaver - Half beat Semi-Quaver - Quart of a beat Dotted Crotchet - 1 and a half beats Minim - 2 beats Dotted Minim - 2 and a half beats Semi-Breve - 4 beats Breve - 8 beats
If the crotchet is considered to have the unit beat, a semiquaver has 1/4 beats.