Rests and beams that show the beats
Rests
Finish the beat first. After that, every silent beat has a rest of its own. In a minim rest goes on beat 1 or 3, never across the middle; in compound time a whole silent beat is a dotted rest. A whole silent bar is a semibreve rest.
Quick check
In , beats 2 and 3 are silent. Which rests?
Beams
A beam stays inside a beat. In , four quavers may share a beam across beats 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, but never across the middle. In compound time, quavers are beamed in threes.
Quick check
In , can quavers on beats 2 and 3 share one beam?
Remember
- Finish the beat first, then a rest for each silent beat.
- Never hide the middle of 4/4; compound beats in threes.
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