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It's not a half note. A dot after a note increases it's duration by half the note's value. Therefore, a dotted quarter note is essentially a three-eighths note.

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What does a dotted half note look like?

It's just called a half note


How many counts does a dotted quaver get?

The "dot" is like the musical version of the phrase "and a half." Dotted quarter notes are equal to 1-1/2 quarter notes. By the same token, dotted half notes are equal to 1-1/2 half notes, or the same as 3 quarter notes. In a 4/4 time signature, a dotted quarter note is equal to 1-1/2 beats.


What is the kinds of rests?

semi quaver 0.25 beat(like a 7 with an extra line under the top stroke), quaver 0.5 beat (like a 7), crochet 1 beat (like a reverse z with a loop down the bottom), minim 2 beats(a little half box sitting on the 3rd line), semibreve 4 beats (a half box hanging from the 4th line)


How many beats in a dotted minim?

There are three (3) crotchets in a dotted minim.


What is the symbol for a music note for 3 beats?

A dotted half note. It looks like a quarter note that has an empty center, and it has a small, period-sized dot to the right of it.


What does a three beat note look like?

It's normally called a dotted minim, or using American terminology a dotted half-note, if you are counting in 4 time (counting in crotchets). In 8 time (where each beat is a quaver) it would be a dotted crotchet (dotted quarter-note).


Dotted whole and dotted quarter note?

A beat is the basic rhythmic unit of music. For more information, ask another question (one could ask a musically knowledgeable person in the flesh, as this is very basic musical knowledge).A dotted quarter note and an eighth note are worth two (2) beats together, with hits (notes starting) on the downbeat (beat 1) and the "and" (second half) of beat 2.If you are counting half notes (each half of each beat), then a dotted quarter note would last for three counts. If counting aloud, it would last while one counts "1 + 2" (one-and-two). The eighth note would then last when you count the "and" or + of beat 2.The top two cards in the image show a dotted quarter note plus and eighth note.The first two bottom cards (when reading left to right) show a quarter note and pair of eighth notes. The quarter note and the first eighth note are tied (with orange).The tie means to hold tone duration (or not to strike/hit on an instrument again) for the added values of the tied notes. The quarter note and eighth note tied are worth 1.5 beats - the same as a dotted quarter note. Therefore, in regards to the note values:dotted quarter note + eighth note = quarter note tied with eighth note + eighth note


How many sixteenth notes are in a half note?

Well, honey, a half note is worth two beats, and a sixteenth note is worth a quarter of a beat, so you do the math - there are 8 sixteenth notes in a half note. But hey, who's counting? Oh right, we are.


How many beats does a dotted half note have?

A dotted half note will always get three beats because a dote adds half the value of the note to the note. So a half note = 2 beats, 1/2 of 2 = 1, so 2+1=3. If you are in 4/4, it equals three beats. If you are in3/4, it equals three. 2/4 and 2/2 cannot have a dotted half note because the value is too big. In 6/8, the value changes because the eighth note gets the beat instead of the quarter note. So then the dotted half note would get 6 beats, instead f three because everything is basically doubled. Hope that helps!!


How does a dotted half note look?

a half note with a small dot to the right of it (like a period)


What does a dotted quaver?

In music notation, a dotted quaver is a rhythmic symbol that represents a note value equal to three-quarters the duration of a whole note. Specifically, a quaver is a musical note that is equivalent to half the duration of a crotchet (quarter note). When a dot is placed next to a quaver, it increases the note's duration by half of its original value, making it worth one and a half beats.


How many semi-quavers are in a dotted minim?

In music notation, a semi-quaver is a sixteenth note, while a minim is equivalent to two half notes. When a minim is dotted, it adds half of its original value, making it equal to three half notes or six quarter notes. Therefore, there are 24 semi-quavers in a dotted minim.