Dotted note

In the gregorian chant editions of Solesmes, a dot is typically interpreted as a doubling of length (see also Neume).

Historical examples of music performance practices using unequal rhythms include notes inégales and swing.

If the rest is in its normal position, dots are always placed in third staff space from the bottom, as shown in the example below.

Dots can be used across barlines, such as in H. C. Robbins Landon's edition of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No.

70 in D major, but most writers today regard this usage as obsolete and recommend using a tie across the barline instead.

[citation needed] An example of the use of double- and triple-dotted notes is in Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in G major for piano, Op.

The piece, in common time (44), contains running semiquavers (sixteenth notes) in the left hand.

[10] The journalist and editor of The Musical Times, Frederick George Edwards, used the pseudonym "Dotted Crochet".