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Beginner Strumming Lesson 22

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So far we’ve come across whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes. We soon found out that there are whole, half, and quarter rests as well. Does that mean that there are eighth rests, too?

You betcha!

The Eighth Rest

An Eighth Rest would look like this (same value, but instead of playing it,
you rest for that duration):

EighthRest Note Values

It’s a funny-looking thing, but I don’t make the rules. The eighth rest deems that you rest for half a beat.

Count out our exercise above “one and two and three and four and”. We strum on the beat 1, 2, 3, 4, and rest on the “and”.