4. DOTTED QUARTERS AND TIED EIGHTHS IN SIMPLE METER Asa dot extends a note by half the value of the note, a dotted quarter-note repre- sents a quarter extended by an eighth-note: Dots must be used instead of ties whenever possible, However, it is a rule of notation that only a whole note, a dotted half-note, or a half-note beginning on the sec ond beat may span the middle of a four-four measure. In any more complicated pattern where a note sounds across the beginning of the third beat, that beat must be 4) 5 shown by a note tied to the preceding note. For example, #¢ ¢ wd J must be writien with a tie so the middle of the measure is visible, because writing the third note as adotted note—o J). d—makes the pattern more dificult to read. In performing dotted notes, counting the divisions of the beat (here, 1 &2& etc.) helps us get the 3:1 ratio of the lengths correct, and conducting helps us feel the beat and place correctly a note that follows off the beat, 4. De = 72-144 Rl ele le 10d (4 3 N | ae ie cee AN 2 P7ITBD9N9N DS, > 21HHHHHHFYHPH9OVOVNODVDVBBPVDVDMNDNDF Soe COSTES EEE EEE EEEEEEOEOEEES SS 4.2) @ = 72-144 40mm) he cccee - A TL had ddd a 4.D) Allegretto (¢ = 100) BEML MOT Beis eo 2SOHSSHSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSSSECSESEKEKSSEEESEETE =84) = 100) 60-120 4.F) Allegro (d = 120) 4.G) Andante (¢ 4.H) Moderato (¢ 4.3) 4 24