Dictionary

whole rest en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.
2. A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.

Forms

Relateds

demisemiquaver rest · quaver rest · whole note · minim rest · semibreve · semiquaver rest · hemidemisemiquaver rest · breve rest · crotchet rest

Synonyms

semibreve rest