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Name: Duration: Rest Length
ID: m11887
Language: English (en)
Summary: In standard music notation, rests of different lengths have different shapes.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: duration, eighth rest, half rest, music, music notation, quarter rest, rests, whole rest
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Apr 5, 2004 11:07 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Oct 2, 2008 9:18 am GMT-5
Module XML: m11887_1.5.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.5 Oct 2, 2008 9:18 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added whole-measure-rest info
Version: 1.4 Mar 7, 2007 11:03 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added outline eps and svg files
Version: 1.3 Dec 15, 2006 4:20 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added explanation of rests as placeholders
Version: 1.2 Mar 1, 2006 11:33 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Updated figures
Version: 1.1 Apr 5, 2004 11:18 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
breaking up "duration" into smaller modules

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