Grade 2 Music Theory - Lesson 12: Adding Rests Exercises
Suitable for: ABRSM Grade 2 Trinity Grade 2 GCSE AP Music Theory Beginners
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Writing Rests
In each of the numbered spaces add the rest named below, as shown in the answer to [1].
[1] crotchet (quarter) rest
[2] quaver (eighth) rest
[3] whole bar rest
[4] dotted crotchet (quarter) rest
[5] whole bar rest
[6] semiquaver (sixteenth) rest
[7] quaver (eighth) rest
[8] minim (half) rest
[9] crotchet (quarter) rest
[10] minim (half) rest
[11] semibreve (whole) rest
[12] quaver (eighth) rest
Working Out Rests
Add the correct rest(s) at the places marked * in these tunes, to make each bar complete.