A rest in music is a type of symbol that indicates that the musician should not playand that there should be silence. Every type of note, like quarter notes, half notes, etc, has a c… See more

Whole Rest
A whole rest (or semibreve rest) is drawn as a small rectangle that hangs off the second line from the top of the staff. It has a time value … See more

Just as you can have dotted notes, which make the note last longer by half its time value, you can also have dotted rests, which make the rest last longer by half its time value. … See more

The last thing to mention about rests has to do with having a whole measure of silence. Whenever you want an entire measure to be silent, you always use a whole rest. This is the case … See more