half rest

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Synonyms: half mast, half cent, half read, half cast, half bent, half past, half lost, half rests, half set

Antonyms: half mast, half cent, half read, half cast, half bent, half past, half lost, half rests, half set

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|music}} A pause or [[interval]] of silence equal in duration to two [[quarter rest|quarter rests]] or one half of a [[whole rest]]. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is two [[beat|beats]].
2. {{lb|en|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.

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