English

A half rest on a musical staff

Noun

half rest ‎(plural half rests)

1. (music) A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two quarter rests or one half of a whole rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is two beats.
2. (music) A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.

Synonyms

• minim rest

Related terms

• breve rest
• semibreve rest
• crochet rest
• quaver rest
• semiquaver rest
• demisemiquaver rest
• hemidemisemiquaver rest
• half note
• minim

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