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Skill: dotted quarter

We've seen dotted half notes that have a duration of a half note plus a quarter note. In the same way, dotted quarter notes have a duration of a quarter note plus an 8th note. Often the dotted quarter note is paired with a single eighth note. The combination of the two equals the duration of a half note. Whereas quarter notes would be: ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta, dotted quarter and 8th notes repeated would be: ta_ta ta_ta ta_ta ta-ta. More rarely, the dotted quarter can occur off the beat. If the 8th note comes first, followed by the dotted quarter, it would sound like: tata_ tata_ tata_ tata_.

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