Add a  Dot after a note

"." = The Dot: Add one half the value of the note attached to the dot.
Here’s the example of the dot:  a dotted half note      is a half note plus a quarter note and is held for 3 full counts of a quarter note.  Here are more dotted notes:


Yes, the power of two, that’s the math of basic rhythm. We will introduce other mathematical divisions later in our journey. As you can see the most basic way to describe rhythm and note patterns is by divisions of 2.

The Getting It Down Cold Workshops and Music Theory Course are a high value resource to allow you not only to learn the theory, but systematically own it as well. Comparatively speaking the workshops combine material that would be covered in several method books and years of lessons.

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