RESTS 2

The WHOLE REST

The Whole Rest equals the duration of a Whole Note: 4 BEATS.

Whole Rests attach and hang from the next to highest line of the staff.

You can imagine Whole Rests as being heavy, so heavy they fell through a Staff-Line.

Literally, a Whole Rest means to rest for the duration of 4 Beats.

However, the Whole Rest can also represent a complete measure of silence, regardless of the allocated number of beats in a measure.

Whole Rests in different Time Signatures are shown above.

Meet Cal   Universal Language   Rhythm Notation Music Staff    Origins of the Staff

Rhythm Laboratory     Notation Parts Note Heads Stems Beams Flags Note Construction

Common-Time    Measures Bar-Lines Counting in Common-Time Whole, Half and Quarter Notes

Ties Dots Time-Signatures Q’s Rhythm Review Time-Signature Rules Beat Accent

Down-Beat and Up-Beat Conducting Patterns Cut-Time Common-Time Beat Emphasis

Three-Beat Measures Note Values Rhythm Workouts The ‘Cycle’ Note Equivalents

Counting Sub-Divisions “If You Can Say It, You Can Play It” Author’s Story Sub-Division Lingo

Quarter Notes with Eight Notes Adding Sixteenth Notes Notes Sharing Beams   Beam Awareness Pointers

Triplets Triplet Workout Compound-Time    Compound-Time Workout Music Rests

Rest and Note Equivalents Whole Rest Half Rest Quarter Rest Eighth Rest     Sixteenth Rest

Dotted Rests Q’s Rest Review Process of Sub-Division Relating Rests to Notes Rhythm Exam Prep

Level 1 Rhythm Exam     Level 2 Rhythm Exam     Level 3 Rhythm Exam