Dotted Note Duration
Calculator

Inputs

Dotted duration (seconds)
0.75

Results

Dotted duration (seconds)
0.75
Dotted duration (ms)
750
Straight duration (ms)
500

Music and audio results

Dotted duration (seconds)0.75
Dotted duration (ms)750
Straight duration (ms)500

formula-map diagram

Dotted duration (seconds)
0.75
Dotted duration (ms)
750
Straight duration (ms)
500

Musical and acoustic relationship

Formula

dotted duration = straight duration × 1.5

= 0.75

Note

This result is a simplified model: it applies the displayed standard formula to the values you entered, assuming twelve-tone equal temperament, a speed of sound of 343 m/s in dry air at 20 °C, an ideal free field with no reflections or air absorption, purely resistive speaker loads and Sabine's diffuse-field assumption. Real rooms, instruments, codecs and amplifiers depart from these idealisations, so measure with proper instruments for critical work.

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