Dotted Eighth Note Document

Ben Maynard

Teaching the Dotted Quarter Note with Multiple Ways of Representation and an Interdisciplinary Approach Multiple Ways of Representation: 1. Visual: Writing in the count structure of a measure that includes a dotted quarter note.

**The lines represent the duration of the dotted quarter note in eighth notes** 2. Auditory: Echoing back and forth counting, singing, and playing a dotted quarter note. 3. Kinesthetic: Clapping the rhythm of a dotted quarter note rhythm while tapping eighth notes with the toe. Interdisciplinary Approach: Describing a dotted quarter note rhythm in math terminology. The dotted quarter lasts for the duration of three eighth notes, or ¾ of a measure of 2/4. The eighth note lasts for ¼ of a measure of 2/4. This can be indicated by a pie graph.