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Rhythmic

Notation

Charts

Rests

Let's listen again to our quarter note example from Step 3:

Some times you will not want to hear such constant sound. This is where rests come in to play. A rest simply represents a duration of silence.

Let's listen to that same example with rests between notes:

Rest values

The precise duration of silence is represented by a rest value.

Each rest value can be subdivided by fractions of that rest value. For example, the duration of a half rest equals the duration of two quarter rests or four eighth rests.

A whole rest equals two half rests:

A half rest equals two quarter rests:

A quarter rest equals two eighth rests:

An eighth rest equals two sixteenth rests:

The following chart illustrates these relative rest values:

Let's listen to a pattern of constant 8th notes:

We can make that pattern more interesting by replacing some 8th notes with 8th rests:

Let's hear a different pattern using 8th notes and 8th rests: