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- noun music A semibreve rest is a pause or
interval of silence equal in duration to twohalf rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is fourbeats . - noun music A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a
staff whose height is half the distance between lines.
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