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Rarehalf rest
The correct spelling is half rest.
How to pronounce half rest
noun
Say it like: Hal-f r-est
The correct spelling is half rest. 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.
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Definition
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.
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