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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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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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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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