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Definition of Half rest
1. Noun. A musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time.
Definition of Half rest
1. Noun. (music) A half rest is 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. ¹
2. Noun. (music) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Rest
Literary usage of Half rest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"The meter-sign \ means that there are two pulses in the measure, each pulse being
equal to a half-note or half-rest. The sign \ indicates a measure of three ..."
2. Music in the Public Schools: A Manual of Suggestions for Teachers by Elbridge Ward Newton (1909)
"half rest. Quarter rest. Eighth rest. Sixteenth rest. Thirty-second rest. 12.
The Tie, a curved line joining ^ two notes of the same pitch. ..."
3. The Devotional Harmonist: A Collection of Sacred Music, Comprising a Large (1851)
"The dotted half note ? The quarter note? <tc. half rest? ... half rest? <te. 6.
When is the slur to be used ? 7. What does the hold, or pause, show? ..."
4. Popular Method of Sight-singing by Frank Damrosch (1894)
"... a two-part measure containing a half-note and a half-rest Class sings : Sing
a 'wo-part measure containing a half-rest and a half-note : 1 etc.,etc. ..."
5. Elements of Notation and Harmony: With Fifty-eight Exercises for Use in by Ludwig Bussler (1890)
"For instance, where an interval of silence equal in length to the value of a
half-note ia required, the corresponding sign is called a half-rest. ..."
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