quarter rest
One-beat musical pause
A quarter rest is a musical symbol indicating one beat of silence in common time.
It appears as a squiggly vertical mark on the staff, the rhythmic equivalent of a quarter note but representing pause rather than sound.
Musicians count through quarter rests just as they would played notes.
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- countReckon a total
timing · metronome · subdivision · pulse · syncopation · downbeat · upbeat · counting
Total lack of sound
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- breathAir taken in
- timingArt of choosing moments
- phrasingManner of expressing something
articulation · dynamics · expression · interpretation · conducting · counting · ensemble · orchestration
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
count · timing · metronome · subdivision · pulse · syncopation · downbeat · upbeat · counting · phrasing
silence
Total lack of sound
phrasing · articulation · dynamics · expression · interpretation · conducting · counting · ensemble · orchestration · sight-reading
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
clef · stave · time signature · bar line · ledger line · sharp · flat · natural · dot · tie
- music rests
- pausesstop, pause, break, halt, timeout
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, eighth note, sixteenth note, breve
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff
quarter restquarter note
One-beat musical duration
crotchet · note · tone · quarter tone
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