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Simon (12 November 2017)
This is how you work out the value of the dotted whole note.
If your answer was correct, congratulations - you understand how to
use dotted notes. If you made a mistake click on the link below (or
close this window) to go back to the page explaining how to calculate
the value of a dotted note.
Remember: The dot takes half the value of the note.
In the case of the dotted semibreve (whole note) this means the dot
takes 2 beats. Adding this to the original value of the note (4) we get 6
beats.
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