The Dotted Quarter Note

Lesson 2/33 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Electronic Keyboard

The Dotted Quarter Note

A dot written after a quarter note indicates that you should hold the note for one and a half beats. A dotted quarter note is often followed by an eighth note.

Suggested Voice: Piano

This well known melody written by classical composer Brahms makes use of dotted quarter notes in bars 1, 3, 9 and 13.

Suggested Voice: Pan Flute
Suggested Rhythm: Waltz

First And Second Endings

The next song contains first and second endings. The first time you play through the song, play the first ending, ( Z ), then go back to the beginning. The second time you play through the song, play the second ending ( X) instead of the first.

Jingle Bells is one of the most popular Christmas songs. Play to the end of bar 8, then go back to the beginning and play through the song again but play bars 9 and 10 instead of bars 7 and 8.

Suggested Voice: Xylophone
Suggested Rhythm: Rhumba

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- The G Major Scale 3- Notes On The Keyboard 4- How To Read Music 5- Chords 6- The Dotted Quarter Note 7- The G Chord 8- Left Hand Chords 9- The Quarter Rest 10- 12 Bar Blues 11- The Three Four Time Signature 12- The Notes A, B and C 13- The Lead-In 14- Key Signatures 15- Minor Chords 16- The F Major Scale 17- The C Major Scale 18- Right Hand Chords 19- Seventh Chords 20- Easy Chord Table 21- Approach to Practice 22- Major Chord Chart 23- Arpeggios 24- Syncopation 25- Turnaround Progressions 26- The Octave 27- Using the Rhythm Section 28- Parts of the Electronic Keyboard 29- Key of C Major 30- Songs with Chords 31- Music Notes 32- Endings 33- The Keyboard

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The Dotted Quarter Note