Rhythm: Dots, Ties, and Slurs

Question 1

dots

Answer 1

• an addition to the notes length
• changes how you count the measure
• when a note is dotted it is added half its length to its original length
• a dotted quarter note is a quarter note plus an eighth note in length
• a dotted half note is a half note plus a quarter note in length
• double dot is when you add a half and a quarter of the notes original length making it sound longer
• a double dotted quarter note is a quarter note plus an eighth and a sixteenth note length
• a double dotted half note is a half note plus a quarter note and a eighth note in length

Question 2

ties

Answer 2

• when you play two notes of the same note name to make the notes sound longer
• over a bar line you’d ties the same quarter note C_4 to another quarter note C_4 to make is sound like a half note

Question 3

slurs

Answer 3

• when you do not add a space between two or more notes of different names
• also called legato, legato is when the music is sung or played smoothly and connected