Are there dotted notes in simple time signatures?
I wanna arrange without any mistakes. But it troubles me when I want to put a dotted quaver note or a quaver tied with a semi-quaver.
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Using dotted notes is very normal in simple time signatures.
In reply to Using dotted notes is very… by mike320
Really? Is it theoretically correct?
In reply to Really? Is it theoretically… by Haoto 2
There is nothing wrong with a rhythm that has a dotted note in it in 3/4 or 4/4 time for example. The only "problem" arises when the dotted note hides the rhythm of the time signatures. Like when a dotted minim starts on an upbeat. The rhythm is fine, but it's technically more correct to use a quaver rest followed by a quaver tied to a minim tied to a quaver rather than the dotted minim. This shows where the down beats are. The same principle applies to shorter notes. Triplets are also very common in simple meters and changing a triplet from 3 quavers to a crotchet and a quaver is very common. It's the same principle with a slightly different rhythm as a dotted quaver followed by a semiquaver.
Look through some scores located on https://imslp.org. You will see these rhythms used constantly by the classical masters like Mozart and Beethoven.