Dotted rhythms
A dotted quarter plus an eighth gives a long-short pattern that must not collapse into a triplet.
- Category
- Rhythm and meter
- First taught in
- 2.3 Count long and short subdivisions
- Theory cards
- The dotted quarter and eighth (Level 2)
- Double dots (Level 5)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 2.3 | Count long and short subdivisionsPolonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119, Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) |
| 5.8 | Practise dominant seventhsÉtude in F major, Op. 47 No. 9, Stephen Heller |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 2.3 | Dotted rhythms |
| 5.8 | The cadential six-four |
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