I GOT RHYTHM, PART 6

saw how an placed after a note or rest increases its value, or duration, by 50%. We also learned that its opposite, the , also known as the , placed directly above or below a note head or tab number, decreases its duration, or sustain, by 50%. Both kinds of dots can be used in some cases to render a simpler, less cluttered visual representation of a rhythm, by eliminating a of the dotted-quarter rhythm, which spans one and one half beats, and look at different ways in which it can be conveyed and repeated with anticipated chord changes to create syncopation and dramatic musical tension, via a chain of shifting accents.