One annoyance with music theory

[weaktwos]

While I enjoy synonyms in the english language, I'm am not currently finding joy in different ways to express music notation.

For example, the dotted quarter note is equivalent to a tied quarter and eighth note.

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Why exactly would one be better than the other?

Sure, sure. There's a few ways to represent mulitplication, etc. But is there some nuance I am missing? I suppose if you're changing pitch, a slur would be a better representation than a dotted quarter, but otherwise, I don't get it.

Comments

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Ah, while the music theory explanation doesn't mention this, the notation examples of slurs and ties are crossing into the next measure.

Good to know. Thanks. :-)