I am going to answer with the 7 principles instead. balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, and unity/variety.Hope this helps:)
The answer would be 1.5 beats because when there is a dot it means it’s 1.5 times the original note.
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The song was inspired, first and foremost, by the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P “The Big Bopper” Richardson in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959 – the “day the music died,” according to the song. (McLean was a 13-year-old paperboy at the time and mourned their deaths greatly.)
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