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half rests

half rests is the plural of half rest.

Meaning of half rest

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.

Questions about half rests

What is half rests the plural of?
Half rests is the plural of half rest.

Words near half rests in the dictionary

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

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