Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whole rest

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
whole rest
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

whole rests (plural)

Phrases

breve rest minim rest crotchet rest quaver rest semiquaver rest demisemiquaver rest hemidemisemiquaver rest whole note

Frequently Paired Words

breve rest minim rest crotchet rest quaver rest semiquaver rest demisemiquaver rest hemidemisemiquaver rest whole note

Synonyms

semibreve rest

Questions

What does whole rest mean?
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.

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