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Musical signs in common use

Dotted Notes

Dots are placed after note heads to change the duration of a note.

Dotted Half Notes	Dotted Quarter Notes	Dotted Eighth Notes

The dot adds one-half of the duration value of the note to itself. For instance, one half the value of a half note is a quarter note. Therefore, a dotted half note is the time value of a half note plus a quarter note.

Dotted Half Note

Dotted Quarter Note

Dotted Eighth Note

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