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half rest

half rest noun: 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.

Noun

half rest (plural half rests)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    minim rest
  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.

Synonyms of half rest

Forms of half rest

pluralhalf rests

Questions about half rest

What does half rest mean?
Half rest means 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.
What part of speech is half rest?
Half rest is a noun.
What is the plural of half rest?
The plural of half rest is half rests.

Words near half rest in the dictionary

  1. half pipe
  2. half pipes
  3. half polluted
  4. half pounder
  5. half pounders
  6. half rest
  7. half rests
  8. half rhyme
  9. half rhymes
  10. half seas over
  11. half shaft

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