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Name: Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions
ID: m11888
Language: English (en)
Summary: In written music, standard note lengths are always halves (or halves of halves, and so on) of other note lengths. To get any other note length, dots, ties, or borrowed divisions must be used.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: dotted notes, tied notes, triplets
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)

Version: 1.6 (history)
Created: Apr 5, 2004 11:22 am GMT-5
Revised: Mar 26, 2007 5:23 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.6 Mar 26, 2007 5:23 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added notes9c alternate format in the CNXML

Version: 1.5 Mar 7, 2007 11:27 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added outline eps and svg files

Version: 1.4 Dec 18, 2006 10:57 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
updated links, small text changes

Version: 1.3 Feb 20, 2006 11:37 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Updated figures, made small text changes, added links.

Version: 1.2 Oct 14, 2004 3:36 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Rewrote "borrowed divisions and linked to "meter" module.

Version: 1.1 Apr 5, 2004 11:44 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Broke up "Duration" into three smaller modules.

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Schmidt-Jones, C. Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/, Mar 26, 2007.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Schmidt-Jones C. Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions [Connexions Web site]. March 26, 2007. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/.

American Psychological Assocation (APA) Publication Manual:

Schmidt-Jones, C. (2007, March 26). Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/

Chicago Manual of Style (Bibliography):

Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. "Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions." Connexions. March 26, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Note):

Catherine Schmidt-Jones, "Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions," Connexions, March 26, 2007, http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference, in Author-Date style):

Schmidt-Jones, C. 2007. Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions. Connexions, March 26, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/.

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Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions. Connexions. 26 Mar. 2007 <http://cnx.org/content/m11888/1.6/>.