Rest

A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value. 

American English	British English	Chinese	Symbol
Whole rest	Semibreve rest	全休止符
Half rest	Minim rest	二分休止符
Quarter rest	Crotchet rest	四分休止符	or
Eighth rest	Quaver rest	八分休止符
Sixteenth rest	Semiquaver rest	十六分休止符

Note Reading

Note Durations

There are many different durations of notes, typically you will see the following basic note durations in today's contemporary music:

• whole note
• half note
• quarter note
• eighth note
• sixteenth note

NOTE NAME		DURATION
Whole Note (American) Semibreve (British) 全音符 (Chinese)		4 beats in 4/4 time
Half Note (American) Minim (British) 二分音符 (Chinese)		2 beats in 4/4 time
Quarter Note (American) Crotchet (British) 四分音符 (Chinese)		1 beat in 4/4 time
Eighth Note (American) Quaver (British) 八分音符 (Chinese)		½ beats in 4/4 time
Sixteenth Note (American)　 Semiquaver (British) 十六分音符 (Chinese)		¼ beats in 4/4 time