How many eigth notes equal one dotted quarter note?

Answer 1

Oh, this can be so tricky, depending on the meter of the piece in question and how complex the passage is. The quick and dirty answer is that a dotted eighth has the value of three sixteenth notes. You can see that two eighth notes would be equal to 4 sixteenth notes, right? If you pair a dotted eighth note with a sixteenth note (you will see this very often: the two notes are connected with one flag/bar, the dot comes with the first note, and there is an added flag/bar segment to the second note that is short; it doesn't extend back to the first note) then the dotted eighth takes the place of the first 3 sixteenth notes in a group of four sixteenths.

Answer 2

An eighth note has 1/2+1/2 counts.

Answer 3

if it is a dotted eighth sixteenth pattern you would count it, 1 da 2 da 3 da etc. if it is a sixteenth then a dotted eighth it would be, 1 e, 2 e, 3 e, etc.

Answer 4

Three eighth notes.