Rest (music)
A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value:
| American English | British English |
|---|---|
| Long (or four-measure rest) | Long |
| Double whole rest | Breve rest |
| Whole rest | Semibreve rest |
| Half rest | Minim rest |
| Quarter rest | Crotchet rest |
| Eighth rest | Quaver rest |
| Sixteenth rest | Semiquaver rest |
| Thirty-second rest | Demisemiquaver rest |
| Sixty-fourth rest | Hemidemisemiquaver rest |
The quarter (crotchet) rest may also be found as a form in older music.
Both of the above are rarely used.)
The combination of rests used to mark a pause follows the same rules as for notes. For more details see note value.
Time is the measure of actual sound as well as of the opposite, its omission. —Franco of Cologne,Read more about Rest (music): One-bar Rests, Multiple Measure Rests, Dotted Rests
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