half rest

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   a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time

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Questions about half rest

What does half rest mean?

half rest means "a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time".

Is half rest a common word?

half rest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.