Counting Rests

If you understand basic math, you can easily learn to count notes.

If notes = sound, then rests = ________?

 

For every type of note, there is a rest of the same value.

The type of rest determines the length of the silence.

Review Questions

 

  1. How many quarters in a dollar?
  2. How many quarters in a whole?
  3. How many quarter notes in a whole note?
  4. How many half notes in a whole note?
  5. How many quarters in a half?
  6. How many half dollars in a dollar?
  7. How many quarter notes in a half note?