half rest

American  

noun

Music.

1. a rest equal in time value to a half note.

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Etymology

Origin of half rest

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Exercise 13: In the third measure, the rest was originally written as a dotted half rest.

From The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing by Clippinger, D. A. (David Alva)

Above bronzy green; middle tail-feathers bronzy green tinged with rusty on basal half; rest of tail-feathers rusty brown, then green, then black and tipped with white; below white, sides rusty, throat spotted with bronze-green.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

The double-whole rest, whole rest, and half rest occupy the third space unless for the sake of clearness in writing two parts on the same staff they are written higher or lower.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson