A dot placed over a note in music means that the note is to be played staccato (very short, and not held), the opposite of legato (smoothly). This is not to be confused with a short horizontal stroke placed over a note, which is an agogic accent, which means the note is to be held for its full time value (the opposite of a dynamic accent, an arrow-shaped sign, which means the note is to be played more loudly). In music you may also come across a group of staccato notes with a slur (curved line) over them. This means the notes are to be played semi-staccato (or semi-legato), which means that the notes are played not as short as staccato, but with a noticeable gap between the notes.
a quarter note with a dot below it means stacatto, so you play the note very short and use a small amount of bow(with string instruments).
No, staccato is short and jumpy. It is shown by a dot under the note
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A dot to the right of any note, increases the time of the note by half. So a dot to the right of a half note, makes the note a three quarter note.
It extends the note for exactly half its value. For example, a dotted half note is worth three beats. Half of a half note is one beat, add that on to the two beats a half note is already worth, and there you have it. Three beats. So, basically we have a half note: 2 We place a dot after it, this dot being worth half its value: 1 It becomes: 3 Half of a half note is not necessarily one beat. These dots have nothing whatsoever to do with beats. If you have a note with a dot after it, the length of that note is extended by 1/2 of that note's length. A second dot means it is extended a further 1/4. Completely irrespective of how many beats there are in a bar.
a quarter note with a dot below it means stacatto, so you play the note very short and use a small amount of bow(with string instruments).
No, staccato is short and jumpy. It is shown by a dot under the note
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A dot to the right of any note, increases the time of the note by half. So a dot to the right of a half note, makes the note a three quarter note.
A dot under the note.
It extends the note for exactly half its value. For example, a dotted half note is worth three beats. Half of a half note is one beat, add that on to the two beats a half note is already worth, and there you have it. Three beats. So, basically we have a half note: 2 We place a dot after it, this dot being worth half its value: 1 It becomes: 3 Half of a half note is not necessarily one beat. These dots have nothing whatsoever to do with beats. If you have a note with a dot after it, the length of that note is extended by 1/2 of that note's length. A second dot means it is extended a further 1/4. Completely irrespective of how many beats there are in a bar.
It is a staccato mark. It means to play the note short, generally one half of its normal value. So if you have a quarter note in 4/4 time with a dot under it, you play it about 1/2 beat, or in other words, like an eigth note.
It means that length of the note is increased by one half For example: a semibreve is a whole note, and in 4/4 time or 6/4 time (for example) is worth 4 beats. The addition of a dot means that an extra two beats is added to its duration. A minim is worth two beats. The addition of a dot means it is worth three beats. A crotchet is worth one beat. The addition of a dot means it is worth one and a half beats (or 6 quavers).
The dot at the right of a half note makes the half note one beat longer. The dot makes the note to the left of the dot half of the note value longer. For example a quarter note dot is one and a half beats in 4/4 time.
If it is next to the note it multiplies its length by 1.5. If it is above/below it, it is staccato, making the note short and separated
When there is a dot after a note it means that you add on half of the note's value, for example, a note that lasts for one beat without a dot will have a value of one and a half beats with a dot.
A first dot adds one half the duration of the given note. A second dot adds one quarter of the given note (or one half the value contributed by the first dot). A third dot adds one eighth of the value of the given note (or one half the value contributed by the second dot).