|
|
Definition of Quarter rest
1. Noun. A musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest.
Definition of Quarter rest
1. Noun. (music) A rest of the same duration as a quarter note. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarter Rest
Literary usage of Quarter rest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"Series with periodically recurring lengthened intervals are played on one digital:
quarter—quarter —quarter—rest, quarter—quarter—quarter—rest, etc. ..."
2. The Dulcimer: Or The New York Collection of Sacred Music. Constituting a by I B Woodbury (1850)
"quarter rest P Ц а Я 1 м В A dot after* note or rest adds one half to its value;
thus, ^ . a dotted whole note is equal to three halves ^ ^ j^, ..."
3. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"A quarter rest, quart de soupir (soo-per'). A sixteenth rest. quart de son, or ton.
... A crotchet, half of a half-note, quarter rest. ..."
4. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"A quarter rest, quart de soupir (soo-per). A sixteenth rest. quart de son, or ton.
... A crotchet, half of a half-note, quarter rest. ..."
5. Music in the Public Schools: A Manual of Suggestions for Teachers by Elbridge Ward Newton (1909)
"quarter rest. Eighth rest. Sixteenth rest. Thirty-second rest. 12. ... The dot
after a quarter rest takes the place of an eighth rest. f.-—f. ..."
6. The American Educational Monthly for the School and the Family (1864)
"If we place a stem at the left of any of these two rests, we form the quarter
rest; if at the right — the eighth rest. With the eighth rest begins a perfect ..."
7. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"The unit in 4, 4 and \ meter is the quarter-note or the quarter-rest. The note-values
are: J - Quarter-note. a : Half-note. o = Whole note. ..."
Other Resources:
