Rest (music) Rest (music) A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value for length, indicating how long the silence should last. Rests are intervals of silence in pieces of music, marked by symbols indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value, indicating how long the silence should last, generally as a multiplier of a measure or whole note. When an entire bar is devoid of notes, a whole
Two hundred fifty-sixth note (1800), to notate rapid scales. Another example is in Mozart's Variations on "Je suis Lindor" (1778), where four of them are used in the slow ("molto adagio") twelfth variation. A further example occurs ("Grave.Adagio non troppo") in Jan Ladislav Dussek's (1760–1812) Fifth Piano Sonata, Op. 10 No. 2. They also occur ("Largo") in Vivaldi's (1678–1741) Concerto, RV 444, and in bar 15 of François Couperin's "Second Prelude" from "L'art de toucher le clavecin" (1716). The next note value shorter than the two hundred fifty-sixth note is the five hundred twelfth note with seven flags or beams; it is half as