Music Theory: From Absolute Beginner to Expert · 5th edition

Example 6.3

A dot and a tie: the same sound; a tie over the bar line

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What you hear

A bar of the pulse alone, then a dotted quarter, an eighth and a half note; the same with a quarter tied to an eighth; then four quarters, the last tied over the bar line into the next bar (C5), 60 BPM over a soft pulse on C3

In the book: Figure 6.2.

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