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Dots and Ties

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Introduction to Dots and Ties

A musical example that includes a dot and a tieDotTie

In this lesson we will explore two ways of adding duration to some of our symbols using dots and ties. A tie is a curved line that sums the duration of the tied together notes of the same pitch. The augmentation dot, or just dot, can be placed to the right of a durational symbol to increase its duration by one and a half.

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