double-dotted

adjective

1. (of a note) increased to one and three quarters of its original time value by the addition of two dots
2. (of a rhythm) characterized by pairs of notes in which the first one, lengthened by two dots, makes up seven eighths of the time value of the pair

Example Sentences

What a Double Dot Means What does it mean when a note is double-dotted like I thought first it was a misprint, but it seems to occur too frequently for that.

From Project Gutenberg

American Conductor Thomas Dunn, who has made a specialty of The Messiah, has played four different versions of the oratorio on consecutive nights, insisting on crisply double-dotted rhythms, embellishments and cadenzas.

From Time Magazine Archive