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Meaning of half rest | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Equivalents

Suomi puolitauko

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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