Dotted delay

1. What is dotted delay?
2. How is dotted eighth note delay calculated?
3. What is dotted eighth note?

What is dotted delay?

Dotted-eighth delay sets the repeat to land on the last sixteenth-note of the beat, and can essentially make a scale played in eighth-notes sound like a melodic sequence of sixteenth-notes.

How is dotted eighth note delay calculated?

Remember to multiply q by our desired note value to find the delay time—in this case, 3/4 (0.75 on the calculator), because a dotted eighth-note is 3/4 the value of a quarter-note: 666.7 × 0.75 = 500.

What is dotted eighth note?

The dotted eighth note sustains for three-quarters of a beat. The dotted eighth note consists of an eighth note with a dot positioned close to the notehead.