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Duration: Rest Length

22 July, 2019 - 10:18
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A rest stands for a silence in music. For each kind of Duration: Note Lengths in Written Music, there is a written rest of the same length.

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Figure 1.42 The Most Common Rests

Exercise 1.9

For each note on the first line, write a rest of the same length on the second line. The first Beats and Measures is done for you.

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Figure 1.43 Measure

Rests don't necessarily mean that there is silence in the music at that point; only that that part is silent. Often, on a The Staff with multiple parts, a rest must be used as a placeholder for one of the parts, even if a single person is playing both parts. When the rhythms are complex, this is necessary to make the rhythm in each part clear.

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Figure 1.44 When multiple simultaneous rhythms are written on the same staff, rests may be used to clarify individual rhythms, even if another rhythm contains notes at that point.