"half rest" meaning in All languages combined

See half rest on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half rests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half rest (plural half rests)
  1. (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. Synonyms: minim rest Related terms: breve rest, semibreve rest, crotchet rest, quaver rest, semiquaver rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, half note, minim
    Sense id: en-half_rest-en-noun-FeJQL0a2 Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 68 32 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (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.
    Sense id: en-half_rest-en-noun-hBseDIYx Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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