Like musical notes, RESTS are
placed on the Staff to show musicians when NOT to play at certain parts
of a song. A rest is a period of silence held for the duration of the value
of the rest itself.
The following table provides a list of Rests commonly used in music. |
Rests |
Value |
American Name |
English Name |
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1/2 |
Double Whole Rest |
Breve |
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1 |
Whole |
Semi-Breve |
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2 |
Half |
Minim |
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4 |
Quarter |
Crotchet |
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8 |
Eighth |
Quaver |
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16 |
Sixteenth |
Semiquaver |
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32 |
Thirty-second |
Demisemiquaver |
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64 |
Sixty-fourth |
Hemidemisemiquaver |
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128 |
One-Twenty-Eighth |
Semihemidemisemiquaver |
Multi-rest
or multiple measure rest: where a number of bars contain only rests, in
instrumental parts (and sometimes in scores), the bars are 'collected'
together and shown as a single bar contain a rest together with the
number of consecutive bars given by a large number placed centrally
above the staff over the single bar.
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DOTTED REST VALUES
A DOT placed after a Note or Rest increases the length by one-half (1/2) of its Original value.
A Second DOT increases the length by one-half (1/2) of the value of the First Dot plus one-half of the Original Note or Rest Value.
For Rests, Dots are placed in the third (3rd) space of the Staff.
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