Note Value

[raintree]

another newbie ?

 I'm in 3/4 time and counting 1 - 2 -3 -4 -5 -6  and my 3 note has a dot behind it - does that mean I hold it for 2 beats - ie the third and forth beat. Does a dot behind a note always add one beat to the note's original value.  Thanks in advance!

RT

[hyrst]

I find your question a little unclear and confusing.  Are you counting 6 counts within each bar or across 2 bars?  The dot after the note always adds 1/2 the value of the note it follows, not the one it comes before.

With the current information, my guess is you have the following pattern (also with limited font possibilities) - the last note being an 1/8th note / quaver.  Does this fit?
o        o.        o
1 ,2    3,4,5    6