Typically, to extend notes across the bar line, tie notation is used. It cannot extend notes across the bar lines.Īlways remember that dotted notes stay in the bar. And on the other hand, dots for the dotted notes are located to the right of the note.ĭotted notes give room to write so many rhythms. Normally, staccato articulation is located above or below the note. We should not be confused with the dots for staccato articulation with the dots on dotted notes. The same thing applies to notes on ledger lines. In terms of notation on the stave, if the dotted note is on a space, its rhythm dot also goes on the space.īut if it’s on a line, the dot goes on the space above. We have Triple dotted notes also, but the usage of a triple-dotted note value is not common. They are single dotted notes and double dotted notes. In staff music notation, we have two major types of dotted notes. In addition, they are advocating for the usage of a tie across the bar line instead. This is because most of the writers in today’s world regard this usage of dots across bar lines as obsolete. However, in modern staff notation, dotted notes are used only if the value of a note does not stretch over the bar line. It is also possible to use dots across bar lines as we have seen in some compositions. It will finally make musical pieces to be so much simple and easy to read. This is an indication that the dots at the side of the notes help their value (duration or length) to increase.ĭotted notes assist in de-clutter the music score from the use of ties. The dot is placed after the note to indicate a change in the duration or length of the note. These dot or dots are normally at the right-hand side of the notes.
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We can say that these are the musical notes written but differentiated by one or two dots. Double Dotted Crotchet or Quarter Notesĭotted notes are staff notes with one or two small dots at the back of the note.