Dotted Notes and Ties: Longer Beats in Music Rhythm
by Creouts Publishing © 2026
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: musicElementarySkills,musicEarTraining
Grades: 4,5
Description
STEP 5 of the Rhythm Lab. Also in the series bundle. Self-checking rhythm practice for Grades 4-5: count dotted notes and ties, hear tied notes as one sound, finish measures and hear long-short dotted rhythms. 30 cards, 20 scored. THE MUSIC IDEA A dot adds half of a note's value: dotted half 3 beats, dotted quarter 1 and a half (a dotted quarter + an eighth fill 2 beats). A tie joins two notes into one longer sound, and a tie can cross a bar line. HOW IT WORKS - 4 learn cards: the dot adds half, ties join notes, finish the measure, hear long-short. - Round 1: how many beats does the dotted or tied note last? - Round 2: listen. Tied or not? Pick row A, B or C. - Round 3: pick the note that finishes the measure. - Round 4: listen to a dotted rhythm. Pick row A, B or C. - 1 acorn = 1 beat; 20 acorns light up as you go. SELF-CHECKING, WITH HELP WHEN STUCK - Boom scores every answer. - Two tap-to-show hints per question. - A tick on every beat, stronger on beat 1 of each measure. ACCURACY Every answer is checked by our own software and by AI test solves from the cards and sounds alone, without the key. Not tested with a class. No process is perfect; if you spot an error, please tell us through the store's feedback. HOW IT WAS MADE Text written with AI assistance and fact-checked. All images and music notation are drawn in code; no AI image generators were used. All sounds are made in code. No AI voice. Needs sound. Plays in a browser; needs internet.
Acknowledgements
Music font: Bravura, (c) Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, SIL Open Font License 1.1. Text fonts: Atkinson Hyperlegible, (c) Braille Institute of America, SIL Open Font License 1.1; Fredoka, (c) The Fredoka Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1.