Notes and rests are musical symbols on a staff that indicate when to play and when to pause. Notes represent pitch and duration, while rests designate silent pauses. The document provides examples of whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes and rests and how they correspond to beat values measured in quarter notes. It explains how to count rhythms involving eighth and sixteenth notes and rests by subdividing beats.

2. MUSIC 6
NOTES AND RESTS

3. ARE
MUSICAL SYMBOLS ON A
STAFF THAT DESIGNATE WHEN
TO PLAY AND WHEN TO NOT
PLAY.

4. •NOTES ON A STAFF REPRESENT WHAT
PITCH TO PLAY AND FOR HOW LONG.

5. •RESTS ARE MUSICAL SYMBOLS USED
TO DESIGNATE WHEN TO PAUSE AND
NOT PLAY.

6. •BELOW IS A TABLE WHICH DISPLAYS WHOLE, HALF, QUARTER, EIGHTH, AND
SIXTEENTH NOTES AND RESTS, ALONG WITH HOW LONG EACH ONE LASTS,
MEASURED IN BEATS.

7. •WHOLE NOTES AND RESTS ARE EASY TO COUNT BECAUSE THEY LAST FOR FOUR BEATS.
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WHOLE NOTE AND THE COUNT THAT IT RECEIVES.
WHOLE NOTE
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WHOLE REST AND THE COUNT THAT IT RECEIVES.
WHOLE REST

8. •HALF NOTES AND RESTS EACH LAST FOR TWO BEATS.
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HALF NOTES AND THE COUNT THAT THEY RECEIVE.
HALF NOTE
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HALF NOTES AND RESTS IN CONTEXT ON THE STAFF.
HALF NOTES AND RESTS

9. •QUARTER NOTES AND RESTS LAST FOR ONE BEAT.
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF QUARTER NOTES AND THE COUNT THAT THEY RECEIVE.
QUARTER NOTE
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF QUARTER NOTES AND RESTS IN CONTEXT ON THE STAFF.
QUARTER REST

10. •EIGHTH NOTES AND RESTS ONLY LAST FOR ONE HALF OF A BEAT.
•WHEN YOU ARE COUNTING THE RHYTHM OF EIGHTH NOTES, THE USUAL
WAY IS TO SAY THE WORD "AND" BETWEEN EACH BEAT. THIS SUBDIVIDES
EACH BEAT BY TWO, AND MAKES IT EASIER TO COUNT THE EIGHTH NOTES
EVENLY.
•LIKE THIS: ONE-AND-TWO-AND-THREE-AND-FOUR-AND.
•THIS MANNER OF SUBDIVIDING WORKS THE SAME FOR EIGHTH RESTS, AS
WELL AS EIGHTH NOTES.

11. •HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF EIGHTH NOTES AND HOW TO COUNT THEM.
EIGHTH NOTE
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF EIGHTH NOTES AND RESTS IN CONTEXT WITH OTHER NOTES ON
THE STAFF.
EIGHTH NOTES AND REST

12. •SIXTEENTH NOTES AND RESTS ONLY LAST FOR ONE FOURTH OF A BEAT.
•WHEN YOU ARE COUNTING THE RHYTHM OF SIXTEENTH NOTES, THE USUAL
WAY IS TO SAY "E-AND-A" BETWEEN EACH BEAT. THIS SUBDIVIDES EACH
BEAT BY FOUR, AND MAKES IT EASIER TO COUNT THE SIXTEENTH NOTES
AND RESTS EVENLY.
•LIKE THIS: ONE E-AND-A, TWO E-AND-A, THREE E-AND-A, FOUR E-AND-A.

13. •HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SIXTEENTH NOTES AND HOW TO COUNT THEM.
SIXTEENTH NOTE
•HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SIXTEENTH NOTES AND RESTS IN CONTEXT WITH OTHER NOTES
ON THE STAFF.
SIXTEENTH REST

14. SOURCES:
HTTPS://WWW.TEDVIEIRA.COM/ONLIN
ELESSONS/SIGHTREADING101/VALUES
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D%20RESTS%20ARE%20MUSICAL,TO
%20PAUSE%20AND%20NOT%20PLAY.