A half note, or minim, has the value of two beats. But when you make it a dotted half note, we extend its duration by half its value. In the case of a half note, it would be: 2 + 1 = 3 beats So a dotted half note is like adding a half note and a quarter note together: See more

If you want to extend a note’s value even more, you can also have double dotted notes. Double dotted notes are rare but come up from time to time in music theory. Each dot in a double … See more

The quick answer is no, dotted notes can’t go across bar lines. If we want a note to go over a bar line, then we use another way to make the note last longer by adding a tie to the … See more

When dotting notes on a stave, or staff, there are a couple of different places you could put it. Should it go in the space above the note, or should it go in the space below the note? When we dot a note on a line on the stave, we place the dotin the space … See more