HALF REST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does half rest mean? 

• HALF REST (noun)
  The noun HALF REST has 1 sense:

1. a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time

  Familiarity information: HALF REST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALF REST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("half rest" is a kind of...):

rest (a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration)