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To break it down into beats like

clap rest clap clap rest

it sounds better this way unlike

clap clap clap clap

It is said by many composers and musicians that it is not the notes one plays that matter, but the silence in between.

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The rests are depicted on a stave each has its own "symbol" which equals how many beats to be quiet for (rest) these resta go from whole notes which is four beats right down to a sixteenth rest which measures quarter of a note. Getting to know what the symbols are and their beat equivalent is important as many instruments especially in an orchestra have passages of play were the musician sites quietly until they area required to join in and play their "notes"

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semibreve=4

minim=2

crotchet=1

quaver=1/2

semiquaver=1/4

demisemiquaver=1/8

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