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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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.

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