The Sixteenth Rest

Next, we'll get acquainted with the sixteenth rest, which as you might expect, lasts for a quarter of a beat:

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This rest looks like the eighth rest, except that it has two flags instead of one.

Finally, in this chapter, we'll look at a melody that combines quarter notes and quarter rests, eighth notes and eighth rests, and sixteenth notes and sixteenth rests:

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Note the counting under the staff and the new sixteenth rests (each lasting for a quarter of a beat) in both measures.

Listen to track 17 and play the example while counting along. As before, make sure that you don't play during the rests. Have fun!