txtDefinition=The alternation of LONG and short {\uldb notes}{\v 89586}, named after the {\uldb notation}{\v 5799} ( ) used to record them. A dot after a note increases its duration by half. Another way of picturing a dotted rhythm is to imagine a pair of hypothetically equal notes in which the duration of the first is increased by half (by adding a dot) while the second is decreased by half.