Definitions for half rest
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
half′ rest`(n.)
a musical rest equal in time value to one half note.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of half rest:
1895–1900
Princeton's WordNet
half rest(noun)
a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time
Wiktionary
half rest(Noun)
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.
half rest(Noun)
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.
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