30.10.22 - Rest Groupings in Simple & Compound Time

Chapter 5: The Grouping of Notes & Rests​

​5/2 Rest groupings in simple & compound time

​We have learned about the grouping of notes previously, let's continue with the grouping of rests today

• ​Every beat should have a rest of its own.

  Look at the following:

​Simple Time

Rest groupings in simple time

Whole measure rests

​Whole measure rests:

Used to indicate that an entire measure (bar) is silent, regardless of time signature.​

• ​Also rests are included to complete a beat as in the example shown beside in 2/4 time.

• As long as this rule is complied with, as few rests as possible should be used.​

​Simple Time

Rest groupings in simple time

• ​In 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8, a silence which lasts one complete beat can be shown as either

​Compound Time

Rest groupings in compound time

Whole measure rests:​ Note that whole measure rests is also applicable in compound time ~

***Everything that was said about rests in simple time can be applied to rests in compound time, bearing in mind the general rule that ‘every beat should have a rest of its own’ now refers to a dotted note.

• The three units of each beat must be grouped as:

​Compound Time

Rest groupings in compound time

Whole measure rests:​

Note that whole measure rests is also applicable in compound time ~

​More Examples:

​Compound Time

Rest groupings in compound time

​You may think of the three units of a compound-time beat as being grouped 2 + 1, like a crotchet and a dot, not as 1 + 2. The way the rests are grouped in this example demonstrates the standard practice

• ​If the last two quavers of a dotted crotchet beat are silent, they should always be shown as:-

​Compound Time

Rest groupings in compound time

Whole measure rests:​ Note that whole measure rests is also applicable in compound time ~

Multiple Choice

What should be put inside the first bar's blank?

Multiple Choice

What should be put inside the second bar's blank?

Multiple Choice

What should be put inside the first bar's blank?

Multiple Choice

What should be put inside the second bar's blank?

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct time signatures for the above grouping of notes & rests

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

Draw

Draw the necessary rests inside the blanks given.

​ANSWER

​QUESTION

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct time signatures for the above grouping of notes & rests

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

Draw

Rewrite the following, correcting the mistakes in the grouping of rests.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct time signatures for the above grouping of notes & rests

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

​ANSWER

​QUESTION