1) NOTE VALUES AND MODIFIERS: THE DOT

 

Note values

In Music notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the texture or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem and the presence or absence of flags / tails.  A rest indicates a silence of an equivalent duration.

            Modifiers: the dot

A note value may be augmented by adding a dot after it. This dot adds the next briefer note value, making it one and a half times its original duration.

Examples: