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A dot changes a note’s value; a tie joins the durations of notes at the same pitch.
A dot placed after a note adds half of that note’s original duration. If a quarter note lasts one beat in the chosen metre, a dotted quarter lasts one and a half beats.
A tie connects notes of the same pitch so that they sound as one sustained note lasting their combined duration. The second note is not newly attacked. Both devices extend duration, but they express it differently on the page. Ties are particularly useful when a sustained sound crosses a bar line.
A quarter note tied to an eighth note has the same total duration as a dotted quarter note.
A curved slur can look like a tie but connects notes as a phrase rather than combining one pitch’s duration.
Open Music Theory — Rhythmic values.
Kris Shaffer, Bryn Hughes, Brian Moseley; edited by Kris Shaffer and Robin Wharton · Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing
CC BY-SA 4.0. Rewritten as a self-contained explanation; the example and reflection are Vakataka additions. Written and edited with AI assistance. No source images reproduced.
Source edition: Retrieved 2026-09-26
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