English Explanatory Dictionary

half rest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. 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.

Word forms

half rest half rests

Synonyms

minim rest

Related words

breve rest semibreve rest crotchet rest quaver rest semiquaver rest demisemiquaver rest hemidemisemiquaver rest half note minim

Translations

Dutch: halve rust French: demi-pause
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