Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rest or sign for silence, equivalent in time-value to a quarter-note; a crotchet-rest: marked or . Also called quarter-note rest.

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Examples

  • Composer, interrogated, directed the insertion of a quarter-rest.

    The Shadow World Hamlin Garland 1900

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