Types of Rests

    For each type of note you learned beforehand there is a corresponding rest.

      The whole rest:

        Looks like:

        a dark rectangle attached to a bar line, facing downwards. (1 shown)

      The half rest:

        Looks like:

        a dark rectangle attached to a bar line, facing upwards. (2 shown)

      The quarter rest:

        Looks like:

        a squiggly line. (4 shown)

      The eighth rest:

        Looks like:

        a slanted line with a dot. (8 shown)

      The sixteenth rest:

        Looks like:

        a slanted line with a double dot. (16 shown)



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