half rest

noun

, Music.

1. a rest equal in time value to a half note.

Word History and Origins

Origin of half rest¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The double-whole rest, whole rest, and half rest occupy the third space unless for the sake of clearness in writing two parts on the same staff they are written higher or lower.

From Project Gutenberg

Exercise 13: In the third measure, the rest was originally written as a dotted half rest.

From Project Gutenberg

Take off the tape carefully, and be careful to place the marrow so that one half rests on the other half, or else it will slip.

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