Rest lengths

There are signs for rests corresponding to each note length
A note indicates a sound will be heard for a specified period of time, whereas a rest indicates that a silence will be heard for the specified period of time.
Generally, a rest applies to only one part.
- If there is more than one part on a stave, the rest symbol may be moved up or down on the stave.
- If there is only one part on the stave, the vertical positions below are normally used
All possible rests are listed here:

English name	USA name	Comments
Semibreve rest	Whole note rest	Also used for a whole bar or measure rest, even if the bar is not a semibreve long
Minim rest	Half note rest
Crotchet rest	Quarter note rest	The second is uncommon now except in some hand-written scores
Quaver rest	Eighth note rest
Semiquaver rest	Sixteenth note rest
Demisemiquaver rest	Thirty-second note rest
Hemidemisemiquaver rest	Sixty-fourth note rest	Very rare
Breve rest	Double whole note rest	Pretty unusual, but sometimes also used to indicate a whole bar or measure rest