English Explanatory Dictionary

whole rest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

whole rest whole rests

Synonyms

semibreve rest

Related words

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