English

A half rest on a musical staff

Noun

whole rest ‎(plural whole rests)

1. (music) A whole rest is a pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.
2. (music) A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.

Synonyms

• semibreve rest

Related terms

• breve rest
• minim rest
• crochet rest
• quaver rest
• semiquaver rest
• demisemiquaver rest
• hemidemisemiquaver rest
• whole note
• semibreve