Assertion: dotted quarter note | /r/HasProperty | worth
Facets:
value: with hits
type: OTHER
value: 1½ beats
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A whole note is worth 4 beats, a half note is worth 2 beats, a quarter note is worth 1 beat, an eighth note is worth 1/2 a beat, a sixteenth note is worth 1/4 of a beat, a dotted half note is worth 3 beats, and a dotted quarter note is worth 1 and a 1/2 beats.
text: When I was young I understood that a dotted quarter note (or dotted crotchet as I learned) was worth 1½ beats and usually followed by an eighth note (quaver) but that didn't actually help me when I was sitting at the piano trying to 'count' 1½ beats for the dotted quarter note and ½ beat for the eighth note!
text: A dotted quarter note and an eighth note are worth two (2) beats together, with hits (notes starting) on the downbeat (beat 1) and the "and" (second half) of beat 2.
text: A dotted quarter note would be worth 1 and a half counts.
text: Therefore, a dotted quarter note, or crotchet, is worth one and a half beats.
text: (Example: a dotted quarter note is worth 1 and a half beats in a 4/4 time signature).