A dotted eighth note is equal in duration to three sixteenth notes.
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A total of 8 eighth notes go into a double dotted half note
The main ones are...One whole noteTwo half notesOne half note, two quarter notesOne half note, one quarter note, two eighth notesFour quarter notesThree quarter notes, two eighth notesTwo quarter notes, four eighth notesOne quarter note, six eighth notesEight eighth notes.Note that these are only a few of the many possible combinations, and they can be in any order within that item on the list.
there are six 16th notes in a dotted quarter note
3 eighth notes equal one dotted quarter note
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.