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Duration: Rest Length

Module by: Catherine Schmidt-Jones

Summary: In standard music notation, rests of different lengths have different shapes.

A rest stands for a silence in music. For each kind of note, there is a written rest of the same length.
The Most Common Rests
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Problem 1
For each note on the first line, write a rest of the same length on the second line. The first measure 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 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 4: 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.

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