from Away in a Manger mandolin tab
What do the dots signify? emphasis? swing? If I treat it as a real dotted note, there are too many beats in the measure.
Thanks!
Dots in tabs that aren't dotted notes?
from Away in a Manger mandolin tab
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Howdy @iceprincess0966! Welcome to the forum!
They are dotted notes, and I want to clarify a couple things.
First, they are dotted because of the tab software TablEdit that I use to create the tab. That software allows your computer to play the tab for you (with a midi sound, of course). The dotted notes allow the note to ring out and provide more of a realistic sound, like a real instrument.
That brings me to another important point: you do not get the total number of beats by taking all the notes in the measure and adding them together. You can have a whole note on the bottom string last the entire measure while other notes are playing on top of it. Great question!
Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5qBbleK0w
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I’m glad I read this, info I didn’t know.
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Is it just me or does this link take you to a Mannheim Steamroller video?
I have watched that video 17 times now, and I just can’t put it together with the question…
I think it’s just an example of instruments playing and holding a note while other notes are being played over the same measure.
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10-4, was just a joke at watching a 40 min video 17 times. 
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