This same pattern is repeated in the 2nd bar. A quarter rest (or crotchet rest) lasts the same duration as a quarter note or a crotchet – 1 beat. You may also occasionally see a quarter rest (or crotchet rest) written as a reversed number seven, but this is increasingly rare.

A whole note lasts for 4 beats, a half note lasts for 2 beats, and a quarter note lasts for 1 beat: Therefore a whole rest lasts for 4 beats, a half rest lasts for 2 beats, a quarter rest lasts for 1 beat, and an eighth rest lasts for half a beat: