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The quarter rest
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Silence is part of rhythm too.
A rest is a beat where you play nothing. You still count it, exactly like a note.
A one-beat rest is a quarter rest.
A quarter rest is drawn as a small squiggle, with no oval and no stem. When you reach it, count the beat and do not tap.
Count four beats out loud with this, twice.
Then play it again and stay silent on three, while the count goes on in your head. That silent beat is a rest.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
You reach a quarter rest. What do you do?
Skipping a rest makes the next note early.
Count the rest like a note, and the note after it lands on its beat.
A squiggle means silence: say that beat's number, but do not tap.
Whisper the count on a rest.
Say one, two, and whisper three if beat three is a rest. Your voice keeps the place your hand leaves empty.
Quarter note, quarter rest, half note: how many taps?
You can count a rest.
What you learned
- A rest is a beat of silence that you still count.
- A quarter rest is a small squiggle, one beat long.
- Skipping a rest makes the next note come early.
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