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Multiple measure rest
A multiple measure rest is a rest found in Western musical notation denoting a silence several times the duration of a whole rest. It is only used in long silent passages which are not divided into bars. It is a type of measure rest .
The number of whole rest lengths for which the multiple measure rest lasts is indicated by a number printed above the musical staff. Where the silence is for less than eight whole rest lengths, it is considered more correct to use a combination of four measure rests, double whole rests and whole rests to indicate the pause.
Four measure rests are usually drawn in one of two ways: either as long, thick horizontal lines placed on the middle line of the staff, with serifs at either end, or as thick diagonal lines placed between the second and fourth lines of the staff.
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