The Dotted Quarter Note

Lesson 2/43 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner 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.

Brahms’ Lullaby is one of the most well known melodies of all time. It is written here in the key of C major and uses dotted quarter notes in bars 1, 3, 9 and 13.

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. It contains first and second endings. The first time through, play from the beginning to the end of bar 8. Then play again from the beginning, but this time do not play bars 7 and 8 (the first ending) but play bars 9 and 10 (the second ending).

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1- The Dotted Quarter Note 2- Glossary of Musical Terms 3- APPENDICES 4- Flat Signs 5- The G Major Scale 6- Turnaround Progressions 7- The G Major Chord 8- INTRODUCTION 9- The Notes A, B and C 10- The Three Four Time Signature 11- The Quarter Rest 12- Chords 13- The Notes Middle C, D and E 14- Key Signatures 15- Approach to Practice 16- Notes on the Keyboard 17- 12 Bar Blues 18- Seventh Chords 19- Broken Chords 20- Minor Chords 21- The Lead-In 22- The C Major Scale 23- The Key of F Major 24- Changing Chords 25- Easy Chord Substitution 26- How to Sit at the Keyboard 27- Arpeggios 28- The Octave 29- Hand Shape 30- The Key of C Major 31- Songs with Chords 32- Chord Charts 33- Music Notes 34- Major Chord Chart 35- The Keyboard 36- Minor Chord Chart 37- How to Find Middle C 38- Seventh Chord Chart 39- Minor Seventh Chord Chart 40- Fingers 41- How to Read Music 42- Augmented Chord Chart 43- Diminished Chord Chart

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The Dotted Quarter Note