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Musical notation - Tie and dot in drum sheet music

Learn the meaning of tie and dot and their use in musical scores.

In musical notation there are various ways to combine the duration of a note and to simplify writing.

Tie - In drum sheet music, a tie joins together two notes of the same pitch indicating that they are to be played for the combined duration of their time values.
Dot - A dot on the right side of a note or rest shows that the time value is increased by half.
For example, the value of a dotted quarter note becomes 3/8.


This score contains an example of tied note and an equivalent notation, but using a rest symbol.

Drum sheet music - Tie


The following score shows an example of dotted note and equivalent notations, using a tie or a rest symbol.

Drum sheet music - Dot

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