minim rest
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[edit]Noun
[edit]minim rest (plural minim rests)
- (music) 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.
- (music) 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- breve rest
- semibreve rest
- crotchet rest
- quaver rest
- semiquaver rest
- demisemiquaver rest
- hemidemisemiquaver rest
- half note
- minim
Translations
[edit]pause
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symbol
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