Grouping notes and rests | 19 Rests These are the main points to remember about the arrangement of rests: (1) fyou need to show a complete bar’ est, you should write tke this: | = | o &€ 7/7 |e 7 le lee la (Abars rest in 3 is written differently, but you will not need to use this until Grade 4.) (2) In quadruple time, use a two-beat rest i the first haif of the bar is silent. The same applies to the second half. For example, oa gee oe ie (Everywhere ee, a new beat aways needs a new ret. Look at these examples Ho 8 8 re | ap et eal ay ot | ee | Pee Sy ey te a) ee | Pe sve vee Pe | Se) ee tele ees ei) ee | (4) Where you need to use rests of lass than a beat, group the notes and rests in half-beats (shown below by —). TNads | wrddr dd | G7 J | wrtdr ed | Bbri 4 lord bt rd | (5) Do not use more rests than are needed. For example, write Bee toy ata | v x Brora hl writ rr hl v x (6) Groups of notes that can be beamed together can still be beamed together when a rest is used