Dots, Ties, and Triplets in Kalimba Tablature
The notes of a song don’t always stick to standard lengths. Here’s how we indicate the unusual notes in tablature. The standard types of notes last 1 beat, or 2 beats, or 4 beats… or going the other way, 1/2 beat, or 1/4 beat, or 1/8 beat. What if you want to play a note that lasts some other length, like three beats, or 3/4 of a beat? There are two symbols in the standard notation system – dots and ties – that are used to modify the length of the basic note types to give you a note that lasts other lengths. In this post we elaborate on how longer