1 Introduction to Music Theory: dotted notes

When you add a dot to a note you add half its value to it.

It is very often used to combine a crotchet with a quaver of the same pitch, where you want them to sound like one note.

The above example is the same as the example below:

The sign to combine two notes together as in the above example is a tie. It is just a little bow to combine two notes into one. Using a dot is very often easier. Ties are mostly used to tie notes from one bar to another or between groups of notes.

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